Species Lactobacillus kunkeei

Name: Lactobacillus kunkeei Edwards et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kun’kee.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kunkeei, of Kunkee. Named after Ralph E. Kunkee, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, for his contributions to the microbiology of wines

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700308; DSM 12361; JCM 16173; strain YH-15

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11374 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Edwards CG, Haag KM, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Huang YC. Lactobacillus kunkeei sp. nov.: a spoilage organism associated with grape juice fermentations. J Appl Microbiol 1998; 84:698-702.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Apilactobacillus kunkeei (Edwards et al. 1998) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Apilactobacillus kunkeei (Edwards et al. 1998) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Endo et al. 2012 Endo A, Irisawa T, Futagawa-Endo Y, Takano K, du Toit M, Okada S, Dicks LM. Characterization and emended description of Lactobacillus kunkeei as a fructophilic lactic acid bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:500-504. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus kunkeei 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 68 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Edwards CG, Haag KM, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Huang YC. Lactobacillus kunkeei sp. nov.: a spoilage organism associated with grape juice fermentations. J Appl Microbiol 1998; 84:698-702.

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