Name: "Streptobacterium plantarum" Orla-Jensen 1919

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plan.ta’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. plantarum, of plants

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14917; CCUG 30503; CIP 103151; DSM 20174; IFO 15891; JCM 1149; LMG 6907; NBRC 15891; NCIB 11974; NCIMB 11974; NRRL B-4496

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16S rRNA gene: HM162417 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus plantarum (Orla-Jensen 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus arizonensis Swezey et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Kostinek et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus arizonensis Swezey et al. 2000. Publication: Kostinek M, Pukall R, Rooney AP, Schillinger U, Hertel C, Holzapfel WH, Franz CM. Lactobacillus arizonensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus plantarum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2485-2489.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".

Parent taxon: [Streptobacterium]

Assigned by: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

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Record number: 4120