Species Lactobacillus kitasatonis

Name: Lactobacillus kitasatonis Mukai et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ki.ta.sa.to’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. kitasatonis, of Kitasato, referring to Shibasaburo Kitasato, the founder of Kitasato Institute, the father of Japanese bacteriology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus ki-ta-sa-TO-nis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16761; JCM 1039; KCTC 3155

16S rRNA gene: AB107638 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Mukai T, Arihara K, Ikeda A, Nomura K, Suzuki F, Ohori H. Lactobacillus kitasatonis sp. nov., from chicken intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2055-2059. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mukai T, Arihara K, Ikeda A, Nomura K, Suzuki F, Ohori H. Lactobacillus kitasatonis sp. nov., from chicken intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2055-2059. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 777337

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