Species Lactobacillus rapi

Name: Lactobacillus rapi Watanabe et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra’pi. M.L. gen. neut. n. rapi, of a turnip, used in making sunki products

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RA-pi, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19907; JCM 15042; NRIC 743; YIT 11204

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB366389 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe K, Fujimoto J, Tomii Y, Sasamoto M, Makino H, Kudo Y, Okada S. Lactobacillus kisonensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus otakiensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus rapi sp. nov. and Lactobacillus sunkii sp. nov., heterofermentative species isolated from sunki, a traditional Japanese pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:754-760. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Lentilactobacillus rapi (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lentilactobacillus rapi (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus rapi 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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: Watanabe K, Fujimoto J, Tomii Y, Sasamoto M, Makino H, Kudo Y, Okada S. Lactobacillus kisonensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus otakiensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus rapi sp. nov. and Lactobacillus sunkii sp. nov., heterofermentative species isolated from sunki, a traditional Japanese pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:754-760. 🇯🇵

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Species Lactobacillus rapi