Name: Lactococcus plantarum (Collins et al. 1984) Schleifer et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus plantarum Collins et al. 1984

Etymology: plan.ta’rum. L. fem. n. planta, any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species, a plant; L. gen. fem. pl. n. plantarum, of plants

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43199; CCUG 39180; CIP 102506; DSM 20686; HAMBI 1593; JCM 11056; LMG 8517; NCDO 1869; NCFB 1869; NCIB 11945; NCIMB 11945

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16S rRNA gene: AB681297 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptococcus plantarum Collins et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

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Record number: 777426