Species Lactobacillus hilgardii

Name: Lactobacillus hilgardii Douglas and Cruess 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hil.gar’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hilgardii, of Hilgard

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hil-GAR-di-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8290; CCUG 30140; CIP 103007; DSM 20176; IFO 15886; JCM 1155; LMG 6895; NBIMCC 3445; NBRC 15886; NRRL B-1843

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680989 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Douglas HC, Cruess WV. A Lactobacillus from California wine: Lactobacillus hilgardii. Food Research 1936; 1:113-119.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Lentilactobacillus hilgardii (Douglas and Cruess 1936) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lentilactobacillus hilgardii (Douglas and Cruess 1936) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus hilgardii 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 126 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: Douglas HC, Cruess WV. A Lactobacillus from California wine: Lactobacillus hilgardii. Food Research 1936; 1:113-119.

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Record number: 777321

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