Name: Ligilactobacillus acidipiscis (Tanasupawat et al. 2000) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus acidipiscis Tanasupawat et al. 2000

Etymology: a.ci.di.pis’cis. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; N.L. gen. masc. n. acidipiscis, of a sour fish, an isolation source of strains of this species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 46556; CIP 106750; FS60-1; HSCC 1411; JCM 10692; NBRC 102163; NRIC 300; PCU 207; TISTR 1386

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB326356 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 cypricasei Lawson et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus acidipiscis Tanasupawat et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Naser et al. (2006), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus cypricasei Lawson et al. 2001. Publication: Naser SM, Vancanneyt M, Hoste B, Snauwaert C, Swings J. Lactobacillus cypricasei Lawson et al. 2001 is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus acidipiscis Tanasupawat et al. 2000. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1681-1683.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06510 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ligilactobacillus 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/ligilactobacillus-acidipiscisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 10724