Name: Leuconostoc fructosum (Kodama 1956) Antunes et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus fructosus Kodama 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. fructosum, fructose

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 13162; CCUG 32246; CIP 102985; DSM 20349; IFO 3516; JCM 1119; LMG 9498; NBRC 3516; NCIB 10784; NCIMB 10784; NRIC 1058; NRRL B-2041

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680098 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus fructosus Kodama 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published

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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