Name: Weissella bombi Praet et al. 2015
Etymology: bom’bi. L. masc. n. bombus, a boom, a deep hollow noise, buzzing, also the zoological genus name of the bumble bee; L. gen. masc. n. bombi, of Bombus, of a bumble bee
Type strain: DSM 28794; LMG 28290
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16S rRNA gene: LK054487 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1337-1349.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Weissella Collins et al. 1994
Assigned by: Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1337-1349.
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Record number: 792973