Species Lactococcus muris

Name: Lactococcus muris Afrizal et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mu’ris. L. gen. masc./fem. n. muris, of a mouse

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-KOK-kus MU-ris, masculine

Type strain: DSM 109779; HZI-1; JCM 36041

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OM765150 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactococcus intestinalis Sun et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Zhu and Gu 2024 Zhu XY, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus intestinalis Sun et al. 2024 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Lactococcus muris Afrizal et al. 2023. Curr Microbiol 2024; 82:34. 🇨🇳
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
    • 🧍 As of 2025-05-06 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Zhu and Gu (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus intestinalis Sun et al. 2024. Publication: Zhu XY, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus intestinalis Sun et al. 2024 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Lactococcus muris Afrizal et al. 2023. Curr Microbiol 2024; 82:34. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Afrizal A, Jennings SAV, Hitch TCA, Riedel T, Basic M, Panyot A, Treichel N, Hager FT, Wong EO, Wolter B, et al. Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1630-1645. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 40613