Name: Scandinavium lactucae Park et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.tu’cae. L. gen. fem. n. lactucae, of lettuce

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lak-TU-ka͡e, neuter

Type strain: DSM 117134; DSM T 1 17134; LMG 33389; V 1056

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16S rRNA gene: PP412028 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park J, Park S, Oh KK, Franz CMAP, Cho GS. Scandinavium lactucae sp. nov. Isolated from Healthy Lettuce in South Korea. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:299. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06015 (N = 40).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-10.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Scandinavium Marathe et al. 2020

Assigned by: Park J, Park S, Oh KK, Franz CMAP, Cho GS. Scandinavium lactucae sp. nov. Isolated from Healthy Lettuce in South Korea. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:299. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 57210