Name: Pediococcus ethanolidurans Liu et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no.li.du’rans. N.L. neut. n. ethanol (gen. ethanolis), ethanol; L. pres. part. durans, insensible, resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. ethanolidurans, ethanol-resisting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-t^ha-no-li-DU-rans, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3889; DSM 22301; LMG 23354; Z-9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY956789 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu L, Zhang B, Tong H, Dong X. Pediococcus ethanolidurans sp. nov., isolated from the walls of a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2405-2408. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 22 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liu L, Zhang B, Tong H, Dong X. Pediococcus ethanolidurans sp. nov., isolated from the walls of a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2405-2408. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 785578