Name: Weissella beninensis Padonou et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.ni.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. beninensis, of or pertaining to Benin, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … be-ni-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 2L24P13; DSM 22752; JCM 18047; LMG 25373

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU439435 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Padonou SW, Schillinger U, Nielsen DS, Franz CM, Hansen M, Hounhouigan JD, Nago MC, Jakobsen M. Weissella beninensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium from submerged cassava fermentations, and emended description of the genus Weissella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2193-2198. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Periweissella beninensis (Padonou et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Periweissella beninensis (Padonou et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Weissella beninensis 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 Weissella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Weissella Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Padonou SW, Schillinger U, Nielsen DS, Franz CM, Hansen M, Hounhouigan JD, Nago MC, Jakobsen M. Weissella beninensis sp. nov., a motile lactic acid bacterium from submerged cassava fermentations, and emended description of the genus Weissella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2193-2198. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 788738