Name: Lentilactobacillus parafarraginis (Endo and Okada 2007) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus parafarraginis Endo and Okada 2007

Etymology: pa.ra.far.ra’gi.nis. Gr. prep. para, beside; L. gen. fem. n. farraginis, a species epithet; N.L. gen. fem. n. parafarraginis, beside L. farraginis, referring to the close relationship with this organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18390; JCM 14109; NRIC 677

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB262734 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
    Lactobacillus parafarraginis Endo and Okada 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 18382; JCM 14108; NRIC 676.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12548 (N = 18).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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: 10795