Name: Leuconostoc mesenteroides (Tsenkovskii 1878) van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Ascococcus mesenteroides" Tsenkovskii 1878

Etymology: me.sen.te.ro.i’des. Gr. neut. n. mesenterion, the mesentery; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. mesenteroides, mesentery-like

Pronunciation, gender: me-sen-te-ro-I-des, neuter

Type strain: 12954; ATCC 8293; CCUG 30066; CIP 102305; DSM 20343; HAMBI 2347; JCM 6124; LMG 6893; NBIMCC 3455; NBRC 100496; NRRL B-1118; NRRL B-3470; VKM B-1601

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16S rRNA gene: AB681194 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Van Tieghem P. Sur la gomme de sucrerie (Leuconostoc mesenteroides). Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 1878; 7:180-203.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Ascococcus mesenteroides" Tsenkovskii 1878	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Van Tieghem P. Sur la gomme de sucrerie (Leuconostoc mesenteroides). Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 1878; 7:180-203.
  • 😷 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. — 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 1640 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen 1929) Garvie 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck 1912) Garvie 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. jonggajibkimchii Jeon et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (Tsenkovskii 1878) Garvie 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum Gu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Van Tieghem P. Sur la gomme de sucrerie (Leuconostoc mesenteroides). Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 1878; 7:180-203.

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Record number: 777549