Species Lactobacillus hammesii

Name: Lactobacillus hammesii Valcheva et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ham.me’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hammesii, of Hammes, in honour of Walter P. Hammes, a German scientist who contributed to the microbiological and technological development of wheat and rye sourdough research

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 51325; CIP 108387; DSM 16381; JCM 16170; LP38; TMW 1.1236

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ632219 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Valcheva R, Korakli M, Onno B, Prevost H, Ivanova I, Ehrmann MA, Dousset X, Ganzle MG, Vogel RF. Lactobacillus hammesii sp. nov., isolated from French sourdough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:763-767.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Levilactobacillus hammesii (Valcheva et al. 2005) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Levilactobacillus hammesii (Valcheva et al. 2005) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus hammesii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lactobacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Valcheva R, Korakli M, Onno B, Prevost H, Ivanova I, Ehrmann MA, Dousset X, Ganzle MG, Vogel RF. Lactobacillus hammesii sp. nov., isolated from French sourdough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:763-767.

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Species Lactobacillus hammesii