Name: Lactobacillus casei subsp. tolerans Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: to’le.rans. L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating, means survival during pasteurization of milk

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 7/74; ATCC 25599; CCUG 34829; CIP 102994; CIP 103024; DSM 20258; formerly NCDO 2742; formerly NCFB 2774; IFO 15906; JCM 1171; LMG 9191; NBRC 15906; NCDO 2774; NCFB 2774; NCIB 9709; NCIMB 9709

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16550 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Abo-Elnaga IG, Kandler O. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Lactobacillus Beijerinck. I. Das Subgenus Streptobacterium Orla-Jensen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1965; 119:1-36.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Collins et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lactobacillus casei subsp. tolerans 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 casei 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as 1-39. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus casei (Orla-Jensen 1916) Hansen and Lessel 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Abo-Elnaga IG, Kandler O. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Lactobacillus Beijerinck. I. Das Subgenus Streptobacterium Orla-Jensen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1965; 119:1-36.

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