Name: Lactovum odontotermitis Abe et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.don.to.ter’mi.tis. N.L. masc. n. Odontotermes, the scientific name of a genus of termite; N.L. gen. masc. n. odontotermitis, of a termite of the genus Odontotermes, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the termite O. formosanus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lakt-O-wum o-don-to-TER-mi-tis, neuter

Type strain: DSM 118066; JCM 34431; OfM1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC812049 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abe K, Yuki M, Imagawa Y, Hisatomi A, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Noda S. Genome-based reclassification of the genus Lactococcus and two novel species Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Lactovum odontotermitis sp. nov. isolated from the gut of termites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6803. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14074 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Lactovum Matthies et al. 2005

Assigned by: Abe K, Yuki M, Imagawa Y, Hisatomi A, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Noda S. Genome-based reclassification of the genus Lactococcus and two novel species Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Lactovum odontotermitis sp. nov. isolated from the gut of termites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6803. 🇯🇵

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