Name: Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum Gu et al. 2012

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: su.i.o’ni.cum. L. masc. pl. n. Suiones, according to Tacitus, the people who live in Scandinavia; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. suionicum, belonging to (or coming from) Sweden

Pronunciation, gender: su-i-O-ni-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 9135; DSM 20241; LMG 8159; NBIMCC 8971; NCIMB 6992

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM443957 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gu CT, Wang F, Li CY, Liu F, Huo GC. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1548-1551.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Leuconostoc suionicum (Gu et al. 2012) Jeon et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leuconostoc suionicum (Gu et al. 2012) Jeon et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Leuconostoc mesenteroides within a separate genus Leuconostoc.
  • 😷 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 a synonym of 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: Gu CT, Wang F, Li CY, Liu F, Huo GC. Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. suionicum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1548-1551.

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Record number: 789995