Name: Leuconostoc amelibiosum Schillinger et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.me.li.bi.o.sum. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); N.L. neut. n. melibiosum, pertaining to melibiose; N.L. neut. adj. amelibiosum, not fermenting melibiose

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 30058; DSM 20188; LMG 9824; NCFB 2787

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X53963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schillinger U, Holzapfel W, Kandler O. Nucleic acid hybridization studies on Leuconostoc and heterofermentative lactobacilli and description of Leuconostoc amelibiosum sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:48-55.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leuconostoc citreum Farrow et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leuconostoc citreum Farrow et al. 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Takahashi et al. (1992), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Leuconostoc citreum Farrow et al. 1989. Publication: Takahashi M, Okada S, Uchimura T, Kozaki M. Leuconostoc amelibiosum Schillinger, Holzapfel, and Kandler 1989 Is a Later Subjective Synonym of Leuconostoc citreum Farrow, Facklam, and Collins 1989. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY 1992; 42:649-651.
  • ❗ Leuconostoc amelibiosum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Leuconostoc.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schillinger U, Holzapfel W, Kandler O. Nucleic acid hybridization studies on Leuconostoc and heterofermentative lactobacilli and description of Leuconostoc amelibiosum sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:48-55.

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