Name: Lactococcus reticulitermitis Yuki et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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, gender: re-ti-ku-li-TER-mi-tis, masculine

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

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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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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.

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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Record number: 797529