Name: Lactococcus formosensis subsp. formosensis (Chen et al. 2014) Zhang et al. 2021

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014

Etymology: for.mo.sen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. formosensis, of or pertaining to Formosa (Taiwan)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 516; BCRC 80576; NBRC 109475

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Valid publication: Zhang HX, Tian WL, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014 and Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4980.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis (Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016) Zhang et al. 2021 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Zhang HX, Tian WL, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014 and Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4980.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014

Assigned by: Zhang HX, Tian WL, Gu CT. Proposal of Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014 and Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4980.

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Record number: 20490