Name: Levilactobacillus suantsaiihabitans Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suan.tsai.i.ha’bi.tans. N.L. neut. n. suantsaium, suan-tsai, the name of a traditional fermented mustard green product of Taiwan; L. pres. part. habitans, inhabiting; N.L. masc. part. adj. suantsaiihabitans, inhabiting suan-tsai

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81129; NBRC 113532; R19

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH810313 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus suantsaiihabitans (Zheng et al. 2020) Lin et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Levilactobacillus suantsaiihabitans Mattarelli et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18572 (N = 9).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The IJSEM Notification List in which this name appears list states that this name is not validly published because the authors based it on a basonym that was not validly published at that time. According to Rule 27 Note 1 of the International Code of Nomenclatur of Prokaryotes (ICNP) an IJSEM Notification List “has no formal status in prokaryote nomenclature except to allow for orthographic corrections to be made”, i.e. an IJSEM Notification List is not decisive about whether or not a name is validly published. While the basonym used by the authors of the effective publication was indeed not validly published at that time, no Rule of the ICNP was cited that provides evidence that another name is not validly published when allegedly based on such a basonym. LPSN interprets this name as not being a new combination but currently sees no reason for regarding the name as not being validly published. For instance, while Rule 27 (2a) stipulates that a new name or new combination must be indicated as such it does not specify what happens if this is done incorrectly (as opposed to not being done at all). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

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: 12998