Name: Schleiferilactobacillus harbinensis (Miyamoto et al. 2006) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus harbinensis Miyamoto et al. 2006

Etymology: har.bi.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. harbinensis, pertaining to Harbin, a city in northeastern China where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: har-bi-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: AHU 1762; DSM 16991; JCM 16178; NBRC 100982; SBT 10908

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB196123 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus harbinensis Miyamoto et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16092 (N = 32).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Schleiferilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 10765