Name: Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (Tsenkovskii 1878) Garvie 1983

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Ascococcus mesenteroides" Tsenkovskii 1878

Etymology: me.sen.te.ro.i’des. Gr. neut. n. mesenterion, the mesentery; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. mesenteroides, mesentery-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-sen-te-ro-I-des, neuter

Type strain: 12954; ATCC 8293; CCUG 30066; CIP 102305; DSM 20343; HAMBI 2347; JCM 6124; LMG 6893; NBIMCC 3455; NBRC 100496; NRRL B-1118; NRRL B-3470; VKM B-1601

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Valid publication: Garvie EI. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen) comb. nov. and Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:118-119.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen 1929) Garvie 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Garvie EI. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen) comb. nov. and Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:118-119.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck 1912) Garvie 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Garvie EI. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen) comb. nov. and Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:118-119.
  • 😷 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Tsenkovskii 1878) van Tieghem 1878, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Garvie EI. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris (Knudsen and Sørensen) comb. nov. and Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum (Beijerinck) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:118-119.

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Record number: 777553