Name: Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis Abe et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: yae.ya.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. yaeyamensis, pertaining to the Yaeyama Islands

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-lak-to-KOK-kus ya͡e-ya-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 118067; JCM 36015; RyT2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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