Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Levilactobacillus spicheri

Name: Levilactobacillus spicheri (Meroth et al. 2004) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus spicheri Meroth et al. 2004

Etymology: spi’cher.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. spicheri, of Spicher. The name honours Gottfried Spicher, a German scientist who pioneered the microbiological and biochemical characterization of sourdough fermentation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15429; JCM 15956; LMG 21871; LTH 5753

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ534844 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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/levilactobacillus-spicheriLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 10816
This LPSN page was printed on 2024-04-23 16:46:55