Name: Ligilactobacillus murinus (Hemme et al. 1982) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus murinus Hemme et al. 1982

Etymology: mu.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. murinus, of mice

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 313; ATCC 35020; CCUG 33904; CIP 104818; CNRZ 220; DSM 20452; IFO 14221; JCM 1717; LMG 14189; NBIMCC 9068; NBRC 14221

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB326349 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 murinus Hemme et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05411 (N = 25).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 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.

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Record number: 10779