Name: Pseudolactococcus insecticola (Noda et al. 2020) Abe et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactococcus insecticola Noda et al. 2020

Etymology: in.sec.ti’co.la. L. masc. perf. part. insectus, divided into sections; L. neut. perf. part. insectum, insect; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. insecticola, inhabitant of insects

Pronunciation, gender: in-sek-TI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: DSM 110147; Hs20B0_1; JCM 33485

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16S rRNA gene: LC523829 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abe K, Yuki M, Imagawa Y, Hisatomi A, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Noda S. Genome-based reclassification of the genus Lactococcus and two novel species Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Lactovum odontotermitis sp. nov. isolated from the gut of termites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6803.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactococcus insecticola Noda et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudolactococcus insecticola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudolactococcus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-10.
  • 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Lactococcus insecticola Noda et al. 2020. Publication: Noda S, Koyama F, Aihara C, Ikeyama N, Yuki M, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M. Lactococcus insecticola sp. nov. and Lactococcus hodotermopsidis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the wood-feeding lower termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4515-4522. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Parent taxon: Pseudolactococcus Abe et al. 2025

Assigned by: Abe K, Yuki M, Imagawa Y, Hisatomi A, Ohkuma M, Sakamoto M, Noda S. Genome-based reclassification of the genus Lactococcus and two novel species Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Lactovum odontotermitis sp. nov. isolated from the gut of termites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6803.

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Record number: 65869