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Species Lactobacillus sunkii

Name: Lactobacillus sunkii Watanabe et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sun’ki.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. sunkii, of sunki, the name of a non-salted Japanese traditional pickle

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus SUN-ki-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19904; JCM 15039; NRIC 744; YIT 11161

16S rRNA gene: AB366385 Analysetree FASTA download

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 sunkii (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Lactobacillus sunkii 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 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 4 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: 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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Record number: 787790