Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Lactobacillus johnsonii

Name: Lactobacillus johnsonii Fujisawa et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: john.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. johnsonii, of Johnson, named for J.L. Johnson, an American microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33200; CCUG 30725; CIP 103620; DSM 10533; JCM 2012; VPI 7960

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16S rRNA gene: AJ002515 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fujisawa T, Benno Y, Yaeshima T, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of the Lactobacillus acidophilus group, with recognition of Lactobacillus gallinarum sp. nov. and Lactobacillus johnsonii sp. nov. and synonymy of Lactobacillus acidophilus group A3 (Johnson et al. 1980) with the type strain of Lactobacillus amylovorus (Nakamura 1981). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:487-491.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Fujisawa T, Benno Y, Yaeshima T, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of the Lactobacillus acidophilus group, with recognition of Lactobacillus gallinarum sp. nov. and Lactobacillus johnsonii sp. nov. and synonymy of Lactobacillus acidophilus group A3 (Johnson et al. 1980) with the type strain of Lactobacillus amylovorus (Nakamura 1981). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:487-491.

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Record number: 777328
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