Name: Lentilactobacillus parakefiri (Takizawa et al. 1994) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus parakefiri corrig. Takizawa et al. 1994

Etymology: pa.ra.ke’fir.i. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. gen. neut. n. kefiri, a species epithet; N.L. gen. neut. n. parakefiri, beside L. kefiri, referring to the close relationship with this organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51648; CCUG 39468; CIP 104242; DSM 10551; GCL 1731; IFO 15890; JCM 8573; LMG 15133; NBRC 15890

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB370879 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 parakefiri corrig. Takizawa et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus parakefir Takizawa et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 10796