Species Lactobacillus leichmanni

Name: Lactobacillus leichmanni (Henneberg 1903) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus leichmannii" corrig. Henneberg 1903

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 4797; JCM 1148; LMG 13136; NCCB 49006

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16S rRNA gene: KR185836 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Lactobacillus leichmannii corrig. (Henneberg 1903) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus leichmannii" corrig. Henneberg 1903	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacillus leichmanni" Henneberg 1903	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Lactobacillus leichmannii corrig. (Henneberg 1903) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Weiss et al. (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Thermobacterium lactis" Orla-Jensen 1919 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Weiss N, Schillinger U, Kandler O. Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus leichmannii and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Subjective Synonyms of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and Description of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis comb. nov. and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:552-557.
- ⏲ According to Weiss et al. (1983), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus lactis (Orla-Jensen 1919) Bergey et al. 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Weiss N, Schillinger U, Kandler O. Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus leichmannii and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Subjective Synonyms of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and Description of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis comb. nov. and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:552-557.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
- 🙅 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: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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