Name: Loigolactobacillus bifermentans (Kandler et al. 1983) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus bifermentans (ex Pette and van Beynum 1943) Kandler et al. 1983

Etymology: bi.fer.men’tans. L. pref. bi-, twice (in compound words); L. pres. part. fermentans, leavening; N.L. part. adj. bifermentans, doubly fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35409; CCUG 32234; CIP 102811; DSM 20003; JCM 1094; LMG 9845

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58809 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 bifermentans (ex Pette and van Beynum 1943) Kandler et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Loigolactobacillus 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: 10735