Species Lactobacillus viridescens

Name: Lactobacillus viridescens Niven and Evans 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ri.des’cens. L. masc. part. adj. viridescens, growing green, greening

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus wi-ri-DES-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12706; BCRC 11650; CCM 56; CCRC 11650; CCUG 21533; CCUG 30502; CECT 283; CIP 102810; DSM 20410; IAM 13546; JCM 1174; LMG 3507; NBIMCC 8897; NCCB 71015; NCDO 1655; NCFB 1655; NCIB 8965; NCIMB 8965; NCTC 13770; NRIC 1536; NRRL B-1951; VKM B-1528

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB023236 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Niven CFJ, Evans JB. Lactobacillus viridescens nov. spec., a heterofermentative species that produces a green discoloration of cured meat pigments. J Bacteriol 1957; 73:758-759.

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

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Weissella viridescens (Niven and Evans 1957) Collins et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Weissella viridescens (Niven and Evans 1957) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Lactobacillus viridescens 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 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 40 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 the genus.
- 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Lactobacillus viridescens Kandler and Abo-Elnaga 1966 (sic). Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Lactobacillus viridescens subsp. halotolerans" Reuter 1970	not validly published	synonym
"Lactobacillus viridescens subsp. minor" Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Niven CFJ, Evans JB. Lactobacillus viridescens nov. spec., a heterofermentative species that produces a green discoloration of cured meat pigments. J Bacteriol 1957; 73:758-759.

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Species Lactobacillus viridescens