Name: Pseudolactococcus plantarum (Collins et al. 1984) Abe et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus plantarum Collins et al. 1984

Etymology: plan.ta’rum. L. fem. n. planta, any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species, a plant; L. gen. fem. pl. n. plantarum, of plants

Pronunciation, gender: plan-TA-rum, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43199; CCUG 39180; CIP 102506; DSM 20686; HAMBI 1593; JCM 11056; KACC 13445; LMG 8517; NBRC 100936; NCDO 1869; NCFB 1869; NCIB 11945; NCIMB 11945

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681297 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
    Streptococcus plantarum Collins et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactococcus plantarum (Collins et al. 1984) Schleifer et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudolactococcus plantarum 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.

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: 65873