Name: Secundilactobacillus pentosiphilus (Tohno et al. 2017) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus pentosiphilus Tohno et al. 2017

Etymology: pen.to.si’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. pentosum, pentose; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pentosiphilus, preferring pentoses

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 102974; IWT25; JCM 31145; MAFF 516360

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC085284 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus pentosiphilus Tohno et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Secundilactobacillus 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: 10869