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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus fructosus Kodama 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fruc.to.sum. Chem. neut. n. fructose; N.L. neut. n. fructosum, fructose

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 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

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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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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 under the ICNP
    Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Leuconostoc fructosum 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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: 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: 777543