Name: Lactobacillus aviarius subsp. araffinosus Fujisawa et al. 1986

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.raf.fi.no’sus. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); N.L. masc. adj. raffinosus, pertaining to raffinose [probably better: raffinosicus]; N.L. masc. adj. araffinosus, intended to mean not fermenting raffinose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43235; CCUG 32231; CIP 103145; DSM 20653; JCM 5667; Strain ML2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289043 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fujisawa T, Shirasaka S, Watabe J, Mitsuoka T. Lactobacillus aviarius sp. nov.: a new species isolated from the intestines of chickens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:414-420.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ligilactobacillus araffinosus (Fujisawa et al. 1986) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ligilactobacillus araffinosus (Fujisawa et al. 1986) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🙄 The epithet of this taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "arafinosus".
  • ❗ Lactobacillus aviarius subsp. araffinosus is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Lactobacillus aviarius within a separate genus Lactobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 This subspecies name was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 17 and the effective date of validation is that of List no. 17 (April 1985). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus aviarius Fujisawa et al. 1985

Assigned by: Fujisawa T, Shirasaka S, Watabe J, Mitsuoka T. Lactobacillus aviarius sp. nov.: a new species isolated from the intestines of chickens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:414-420.

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