Name: Leuconostoc ficulneum Antunes et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.cul’ne.um. L. neut. adj. ficulneum, pertaining to figs and fig trees

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 13613; FS-1; JCM 12225; NRRL B-23447

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF360736 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Ferreira AM, Ramos A, Santos H, da Costa MS. Leuconostoc ficulneum sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from a ripe fig, and reclassification of Lactobacillus fructosus as Leuconostoc fructosum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:647-655.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fructobacillus ficulneus (Antunes et al. 2002) Endo and Okada 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fructobacillus ficulneus (Antunes et al. 2002) Endo and Okada 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Leuconostoc ficulneum 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 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Ferreira AM, Ramos A, Santos H, da Costa MS. Leuconostoc ficulneum sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from a ripe fig, and reclassification of Lactobacillus fructosus as Leuconostoc fructosum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:647-655.

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Record number: 777542