Name: Limosilactobacillus fermentum (Beijerinck 1901) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus fermentum Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fer.men’tum. L. neut. n. fermentum, which causes fermentation, leaven, ferment (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-mo-si-lak-to-ba-KIL-lus fer-MEN-tum, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14931; CCUG 30138; CIP 102980; DSM 20052; IFO 15885; JCM 1173; LMG 6902; NBIMCC 9086; NBRC 15885; NCCB 46038; NCDO 1750; NCFB 1750; NCIB 11840; NCIMB 11840; NRRL B-4524

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58819 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)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus fermentum Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
    Lactobacillus cellobiosus Rogosa et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limosilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020. 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. 🇮🇹
  • ⏰ According to Dellaglio et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus cellobiosus Rogosa et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Dellaglio F, Torriani S, Felis GE. Reclassification of Lactobacillus cellobiosus Rogosa et al. 1953 as a later synonym of Lactobacillus fermentum Beijerinck 1901. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:809-812. 🇮🇹
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 638 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Limosilactobacillus 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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