Name: Lentilactobacillus buchneri (Henneberg 1903) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus buchneri" Henneberg 1903

Etymology: buch’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. buchneri, of Buchner, referring to the German microbiologist Buchner

Pronunciation, gender: BUK^H-ne-ri, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 21532; CIP 103023; DSM 20057; JCM 1115; LMG 6892; NCAIM B.01145; NRRL B-1837; VKM B-1599

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB205055 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus buchneri" Henneberg 1903	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Lactobacillus buchneri (Henneberg 1903) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020. 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.
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 4005.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 82 times 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 other species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lentilactobacillus buchneri subsp. buchneri (Henneberg 1903) Liu and Gu 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus buchneri subsp. silagei (Tanizawa et al. 2020) Liu and Gu 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lentilactobacillus 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: 10715