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

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: co.ry.ni.for’mis. Gr. fem. n. korynê, a club; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, of the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. coryniformis, club-shaped

Pronunciation, gender: ko-ry-ni-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25602; CCUG 30666; CIP 103133; DSM 20001; JCM 1164; LMG 9196; NRRL B-4391

See detailed strain information at

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 (Approved Lists 1980) but an explicit description was also provided. 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.
  • ❗ Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis 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 coryniformis 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. — 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.
  • 🙅 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 subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus coryniformis Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 (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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Record number: 777283