Name: Lapidilactobacillus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: dex.tri’ni.cus. N.L. neut. n. dextrinum, dextrin; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. dextrinicus, related to dextrin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33087; CCUG 18834; CIP 103407; DSM 20335; JCM 5887; LMG 11485; NCIMB 701561; VKM B-1603

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D87679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pediococcus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Back 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Haakensen et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16934 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lapidilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

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Record number: 10749