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Species Lactobacillus paracasei
Name: Lactobacillus paracasei Collins et al. 1989
Etymology: pa.ra.ca’se.i. Gr. prep. para, resembling; L. gen. neut. n. casei, a specific epithet; N.L. gen. neut. n. paracasei, resembling Lactobacillus casei
Type strain: ATCC 25302; CCUG 32212; CIP 103918; DSM 20008; DSM 20020; DSM 5622; IFO 15889; JCM 8130; LMG 13087; NBIMCC 8458; NBRC 15889; NCDO 151; NCFB 151; NCIMB 700151
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16S rRNA gene:
D79212
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Collins MD, Phillips BA, Zanoni P. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology studies of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei sp. nov., subsp. paracasei and subsp. tolerans, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus sp. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:105-108. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (Collins et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (Collins et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus paracasei 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 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 1452 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Lactobacillus casei (Orla-Jensen 1916) Hansen and Lessel 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Hansen PA, Lessel EF. Lactobacillus casei (Orla Jensen) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:69-71.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙅 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.
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🧍 See the file Some problems with Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei and Lactobacillus zeae.
Publication:
Hansen PA, Lessel EF. Lactobacillus casei (Orla Jensen) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:69-71.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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 paracasei subsp. paracasei Collins et al. 1989 validly published under the ICNP synonym Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Collins et al. 1989 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Collins MD, Phillips BA, Zanoni P. Deoxyribonucleic acid homology studies of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei sp. nov., subsp. paracasei and subsp. tolerans, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus sp. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:105-108.
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Record number: 784066
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