Name: "Lactobacillus viridescens subsp. minor" Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: mi’nor. L. comp. masc. adj. minor, sic

Pronunciation, gender: MI-nor, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 3; ATCC 35412; DSM 20014

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB022920 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Abo-Elnaga IG, Kandler O. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Lactobacillus Beijerinck. II. Das Subgenus Betabacterium Orla-Jensen. Zentralblatt für Bakt. 2. Abt. 1965; 119:117-129.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Weissella minor (Kandler et al. 1983 ex Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Collins et al. 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Weissella minor (Kandler et al. 1983 ex Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Lactobacillus minor (ex Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Kandler et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Parent taxon: Lactobacillus viridescens Niven and Evans 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Abo-Elnaga IG, Kandler O. Zur Taxonomie der Gattung Lactobacillus Beijerinck. II. Das Subgenus Betabacterium Orla-Jensen. Zentralblatt für Bakt. 2. Abt. 1965; 119:117-129.

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Record number: 4688