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Species Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens
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- Lactobacillus alimentarius
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- Lactobacillus arizonensis
- Lactobacillus aviarius
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- Lactobacillus bambusae
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- Lactobacillus catenaforme
- Lactobacillus catenaformis corrig.
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- Lactobacillus cellobiosus
- Lactobacillus cerevisiae
- Lactobacillus ceti
- Lactobacillus chiayiensis
- Lactobacillus coleohominis
- Lactobacillus colini
- Lactobacillus collinoides
- Lactobacillus composti
- Lactobacillus concavus
- Lactobacillus confusa
- Lactobacillus confusus
- "Lactobacillus coprophilus"
- Lactobacillus corticis
- Lactobacillus coryniformis
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- Lactobacillus crustorum
- Lactobacillus curieae
- Lactobacillus curtus
- Lactobacillus curvatus
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- Lactobacillus daowaiensis
- Lactobacillus daqingensis
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii
- "Lactobacillus desidiosus"
- Lactobacillus dextrinicus
- Lactobacillus diolivorans
- Lactobacillus divergens
- Lactobacillus dongliensis
- Lactobacillus durianis
- Lactobacillus enshiensis
- Lactobacillus equi
- Lactobacillus equicursoris
- Lactobacillus equigenerosi
- Lactobacillus fabifermentans
- Lactobacillus faecis
- Lactobacillus farciminis
- Lactobacillus farraginis
- Lactobacillus ferintoshensis
- Lactobacillus fermentum
- Lactobacillus floricola
- Lactobacillus florum
- Lactobacillus formosensis
- Lactobacillus fornicalis
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- Lactobacillus fructosus
- Lactobacillus frumenti
- Lactobacillus fuchuensis
- Lactobacillus fujinensis
- Lactobacillus furfuricola
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- Lactobacillus gallinarum
- Lactobacillus gannanensis
- Lactobacillus garii
- "Lactobacillus garvieae"
- Lactobacillus gasseri
- Lactobacillus gastricus
- Lactobacillus ghanensis
- Lactobacillus gigeriorum
- "Lactobacillus ginsenosidimutans"
- Lactobacillus gorillae
- Lactobacillus graminis
- Lactobacillus halodurans
- "Lactobacillus halophilus"
- Lactobacillus halotolerans
- Lactobacillus hammesii
- Lactobacillus hamsteri
- Lactobacillus harbinensis
- Lactobacillus hayakitensis
- Lactobacillus hegangensis
- Lactobacillus heilongjiangensis
- Lactobacillus helsingborgensis
- Lactobacillus helveticus
- Lactobacillus herbarum
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- Lactobacillus hilgardii
- Lactobacillus hokkaidonensis
- Lactobacillus hominis
- Lactobacillus homohiochii
- Lactobacillus hordei
- "Lactobacillus hordniae"
- Lactobacillus huachuanensis
- Lactobacillus huananensis
- Lactobacillus huangpiensis
- Lactobacillus hulanensis
- Lactobacillus hulinensis
- Lactobacillus iners
- Lactobacillus ingluviei
- Lactobacillus insicii
- Lactobacillus intestinalis
- "Lactobacillus inulinus"
- Lactobacillus isalae
- Lactobacillus iwatensis
- Lactobacillus ixorae
- Lactobacillus jensenii
- Lactobacillus jiayinensis
- Lactobacillus jidongensis
- "Lactobacillus jinshani"
- Lactobacillus jixianensis
- Lactobacillus johnsonii
- Lactobacillus juensis
- Lactobacillus kaifaensis
- Lactobacillus kalixensis
- Lactobacillus kandleri
- Lactobacillus kedongensis
- Lactobacillus kefir
- Lactobacillus kefirgranum
- Lactobacillus kefiri corrig.
- Lactobacillus keshanensis
- Lactobacillus kimbladii
- Lactobacillus kimchicus
- Lactobacillus kimchiensis
- Lactobacillus kimchii
- Lactobacillus kisonensis
- Lactobacillus kitasatonis
- Lactobacillus koreensis
- Lactobacillus kosoi
- Lactobacillus kullabergensis
- Lactobacillus kunkeei
- Lactobacillus lactis
- Lactobacillus laiwuensis
- Lactobacillus leichmannii
- "Lactobacillus letivazi"
- Lactobacillus lindianensis
- Lactobacillus lindneri
- Lactobacillus malefermentans
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- Lactobacillus parabrevis
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- Lactobacillus paragasseri
- Lactobacillus parakefir
- Lactobacillus parakefiri corrig.
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- Lactobacillus paraplantarum
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- Lactobacillus piscicola
- Lactobacillus plajomi
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- Lactobacillus pontis
- Lactobacillus porci
- Lactobacillus porcinae
- Lactobacillus psittaci
- "Candidatus Lactobacillus pullistercoris"
- Lactobacillus quenuiae
- "Lactobacillus raoultii"
- Lactobacillus rapi
- Lactobacillus rennini
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus
- Lactobacillus rimae
- Lactobacillus rizhaonensis
- Lactobacillus rodentium
- Lactobacillus rogosae
- Lactobacillus rossiae corrig.
- Lactobacillus rossii
- Lactobacillus ruminis
- Lactobacillus saerimneri
- Lactobacillus sake
- Lactobacillus sakei corrig.
- Lactobacillus salitolerans
- Lactobacillus salivarius
- Lactobacillus salsicarnum
- Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis corrig.
- Lactobacillus sanfrancisco
- Lactobacillus saniviri
- Lactobacillus satsumensis
- Lactobacillus secaliphilus
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- Lactobacillus senioris
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- Lactobacillus shenzhenensis
- Lactobacillus sicerae
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- Lactobacillus silagincola
- Lactobacillus siliginis
- Lactobacillus similis
- Lactobacillus sobrius
- Lactobacillus songbeiensis
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- Lactobacillus spicheri
- Lactobacillus suantsaicola
- Lactobacillus suantsaii
- Lactobacillus suantsaiihabitans
- Lactobacillus sucicola
- Lactobacillus suebicus
- Lactobacillus suibinensis
- Lactobacillus sunkii
- Lactobacillus suntoryeus
- Lactobacillus taiwanensis
- Lactobacillus tangyuanensis
- Lactobacillus terrae
- Lactobacillus thailandensis
- Lactobacillus thermotolerans
- Lactobacillus timberlakei
- "Lactobacillus timonensis"
- Lactobacillus tongjiangensis
- Lactobacillus trichodes
- Lactobacillus tucceti
- Lactobacillus uli
- Lactobacillus ultunensis
- Lactobacillus uvarum
- Lactobacillus vaccinostercus
- Lactobacillus vaginalis
- "Lactobacillus vermiforme"
- Lactobacillus versmoldensis
- Lactobacillus vespulae
- Lactobacillus vini
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- Lactobacillus vitulinus
- Lactobacillus wasatchensis
- Lactobacillus wuchangensis
- Lactobacillus xiangfangensis
- Lactobacillus xujianguonis
- Lactobacillus xylocopicola
- Lactobacillus xylosus
- Lactobacillus yamanashiensis
- Lactobacillus yichunensis
- Lactobacillus yilanensis
- Lactobacillus yonginensis
- Lactobacillus zeae
- Lactobacillus zhachilii
- Lactobacillus zhaodongensis
- Lactobacillus zhaoyuanensis
- Lactobacillus zhongbaensis
- Lactobacillus zymae
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Name: Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988
Etymology: ke.fi.ra.no.fa.ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. kefiranum, a polysaccharide of kefir grain, kefiran; L. v. facio, produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. kefiranofaciens, kefiran-producing
Type strain: ATCC 43761; CCUG 32248; CIP 103307; DSM 5016; JCM 6985; LMG 19149; WT-2B
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ575259
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Fujisawa T, Adachi S, Toba T, Arihara K, Mitsuoka T. Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens sp. nov. isolated from kefir grains. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:12-14. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Vancanneyt et al. 2004
Vancanneyt M, Mengaud J, Cleenwerck I, Vanhonacker K, Hoste B, Dawyndt P, Degivry MC, Ringuet D, Janssens D, Swings J. Reclassification of Lactobacillus kefirgranum Takizawa et al. 1994 as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum subsp. nov. and emended description of L. kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:551-556.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
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Vancanneyt et al. 2004
Vancanneyt M, Mengaud J, Cleenwerck I, Vanhonacker K, Hoste B, Dawyndt P, Degivry MC, Ringuet D, Janssens D, Swings J. Reclassification of Lactobacillus kefirgranum Takizawa et al. 1994 as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum subsp. nov. and emended description of L. kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:551-556.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06255 (N = 31).
- 😷 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. — 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 108 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens (Fujisawa et al. 1988) Vancanneyt et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum (Takizawa et al. 1994) Vancanneyt et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fujisawa T, Adachi S, Toba T, Arihara K, Mitsuoka T. Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens sp. nov. isolated from kefir grains. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:12-14.
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Record number: 777331
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