Name: Leuconostoc gelidum Shaw and Harding 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge’li.dum. L. neut. adj. gelidum, icy cold, very cold (referring to the ability to grow on chill-stored meat)

Pronunciation, gender: GE-li-dum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49366; CCUG 30198; CCUG 32249; CCUG 32696; CIP 103318; DSM 5578; JCM 9697; LMG 18297; NCFB 2775; NCIMB 12897; SML 9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF175402 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)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Rahkila et al. 2014 Rahkila R, De Bruyne K, Johansson P, Vandamme P, Bjorkroth J. Reclassification of Leuconostoc gasicomitatum as Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gasicomitatum comb. nov., description of Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. aenigmaticum subsp. nov., designation of Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gelidum subsp. nov. and emended description of Leuconostoc gelidum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1290-1295. 🇫🇮 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

• 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 90 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. aenigmaticum Rahkila et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gasicomitatum (Björkroth et al. 2001) Rahkila et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gelidum (Shaw and Harding 1989) Rahkila et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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: 777546