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

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: tor’quens. L. part. adj. torquens, twisting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25600; CCUG 30667; CIP 103134; DSM 20004; JCM 1166; LMG 9197; NRRL B-4390

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575741 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: Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens 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.

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: 777284