Name: Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. jonggajibkimchii Jeon et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: jong.ga.jib.kim’chi.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. jonggajibkimchii, of jonggajibkimchi, a commercial kimchi produced by Daesang in the Republic of Korea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DRC1506; JCM 31787; KCCM 43249

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP014611 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon HH, Kim KH, Chun BH, Ryu BH, Han NS, Jeon CO. A proposal of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. jonggajibkimchii subsp. nov. and reclassification of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum (Gu et al., 2012) as Leuconostoc suionicum sp. nov. based on complete genome sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2225-2230.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Leuconostoc mesenteroides (Tsenkovskii 1878) van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jeon HH, Kim KH, Chun BH, Ryu BH, Han NS, Jeon CO. A proposal of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. jonggajibkimchii subsp. nov. and reclassification of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum (Gu et al., 2012) as Leuconostoc suionicum sp. nov. based on complete genome sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2225-2230.

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Record number: 795520