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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Levilactobacillus namurensis

Name: Levilactobacillus namurensis (Scheirlinck et al. 2007) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus namurensis Scheirlinck et al. 2007

Etymology: na.mur.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. namurensis, of the province of Namur, Belgium, the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 52843; DSM 19117; JCM 15612; LMG 23583

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM259118 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

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Record number: 10781
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