Name: Leuconostoc argentinum Dicks et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.gen.ti.num. N.L. neut. adj. argentinum, pertaining to Argentina, where the bacterium was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 38887; CIP 103889; DSM 8581; JCM 11052; LL76

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16S rRNA gene: AF175403 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dicks LMT, Fantuzzi L, Gonzalez FC, Du Toit M, Dellaglio F. Leuconostoc argentinum sp. nov., isolated from argentine raw milk. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:347-351.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leuconostoc lactis Garvie 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leuconostoc lactis Garvie 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Vancanneyt et al. (2006), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Leuconostoc lactis Garvie 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Vancanneyt M, Zamfir M, De Wachter M, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Rossi F, Dellaglio F, De Vuyst L, Swings J. Reclassification of Leuconostoc argentinum as a later synonym of Leuconostoc lactis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:213-216.
  • ❗ Leuconostoc argentinum 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Dicks LMT, Fantuzzi L, Gonzalez FC, Du Toit M, Dellaglio F. Leuconostoc argentinum sp. nov., isolated from argentine raw milk. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:347-351.

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