Name: Ligilactobacillus animalis (Dent and Williams 1983) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus animalis Dent and Williams 1983

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ni-MA-lis, masculine

Type strain: 1535; ATCC 35046; CCUG 33906; CIP 103152; DSM 20602; IFO 15882; JCM 5670; LMG 9843; NBRC 15882; NCDO 2425; NCFB 2425; NCIMB 13278; NRRL B-14176

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB326350 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus animalis Dent and Williams 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05074 (N = 27).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 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 other species in the genus.

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. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 10729