Name: Lactococcus lactis subsp. hordniae (ex Latorre-Guzman et al. 1977) Schleifer et al. 1986

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: hord.ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. Hordnia, generic name; N.L. gen. fem. n. hordniae, of Hordnia circellata (name of the leaf hopper from which the organism was isolated)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29071; CCUG 32210; CIP 102973; DSM 20450; HAMBI 1590; JCM 1180; LMG 8520; NBRC 100931; NCDO 2181; NCFB 2181; NCIMB 702181

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB100804 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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. — 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 the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Lactobacillus hordniae". Publication: Beijerinck MW. Sur les ferments lactiques de l'industrie. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles (Section 2) 1901; 6:212-243.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 777423