Name: Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mo.sen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. formosensis, of or pertaining to Formosa (Taiwan)

Pronunciation, gender: for-mo-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 516; BCRC 80576; NBRC 109475

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB775178 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YS, Otoguro M, Lin YH, Pan SF, Ji SH, Yu CR, Liou MS, Chang YC, Wu HC, Yanagida F. Lactococcus formosensis sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from yan-tsai-shin (fermented broccoli stems). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:146-151.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2021 Zhang HX, Tian WL, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014 and Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4980. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis (Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016) Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lactococcus formosensis subsp. formosensis (Chen et al. 2014) Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Chen YS, Otoguro M, Lin YH, Pan SF, Ji SH, Yu CR, Liou MS, Chang YC, Wu HC, Yanagida F. Lactococcus formosensis sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium isolated from yan-tsai-shin (fermented broccoli stems). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:146-151.

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Record number: 791485