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Species Leuconostoc carnosum
Name: Leuconostoc carnosum Shaw and Harding 1989
Etymology: car.no’sum. L. neut. adj. carnosum, pertaining to flesh
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kar-NO-sum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 49367; CCUG 30059; CIP 103319; DSM 5576; JCM 9695; LMG 11498; NCFB 2776; NCIMB 12898; SML 40
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB022925
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Shaw BG, Harding CD. Leuconostoc gelidum sp. nov. and Leuconostoc carnosum sp. nov. from chill-stored meats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:217-223. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 76 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Shaw BG, Harding CD. Leuconostoc gelidum sp. nov. and Leuconostoc carnosum sp. nov. from chill-stored meats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:217-223.
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Record number: 777536
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