Species Lactobacillus suebicus

Name: Lactobacillus suebicus Kleynmans et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.e’bi.cus. L. n. suebia, Swabia (a country in southern Germany); N.L. masc. adj. suebicus, pertaining to Swabia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus su-E-bi-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49375; CCUG 32233; CIP 103411; DSM 5007; I; JCM 9504; KCTC 3549; LMG 11408; WC-t4-15

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575744 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kleynmans U, Heinzl H, Hammes WP. Lactobacillus suebicus sp. nov., an obligately heterofermentative Lactobacillus species isolated from fruit mashes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:267-271.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paucilactobacillus suebicus (Kleynmans et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paucilactobacillus suebicus (Kleynmans et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus suebicus 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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: Kleynmans U, Heinzl H, Hammes WP. Lactobacillus suebicus sp. nov., an obligately heterofermentative Lactobacillus species isolated from fruit mashes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:267-271.

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Species Lactobacillus suebicus