Species Lactococcus reticulitermitis

Name: Lactococcus reticulitermitis Yuki et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: re.ti.cu.li.ter’mi.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. reticulitermitis, of Reticulitermes, the genus of the termite from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-KOK-kus re-ti-ku-li-TER-mi-tis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 105715; JCM 32106; Rs-Y01

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: BEDT01000006 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yuki M, Sakamoto M, Nishimura Y, Ohkuma M. Lactococcus reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:596-601. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Pseudolactococcus reticulitermitis (Yuki et al. 2018) Abe et al. 2025

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudolactococcus reticulitermitis (Yuki et al. 2018) Abe et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lactococcus reticulitermitis 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 Lactococcus.
  • 😷 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Yuki M, Sakamoto M, Nishimura Y, Ohkuma M. Lactococcus reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:596-601. 🇯🇵

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