Name: Lentilactobacillus rapi (Watanabe et al. 2009) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus rapi Watanabe et al. 2009

Etymology: ra’pi. M.L. gen. neut. n. rapi, of a turnip, the substrate for fermented sunki products

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19907; JCM 15042; NRIC 743; YIT 11204

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB366389 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 rapi Watanabe et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14024 (N = 18).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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 rapi subsp. rapi (Watanabe et al. 2009) Li et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentilactobacillus rapi subsp. dabitei Li et al. 2022	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: 10803