Name: Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: tor’quens. L. part. adj. torquens, twisting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25600; CCUG 30667; CIP 103134; DSM 20004; JCM 1166; LMG 9197; NRRL B-4390

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575741 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Loigolactobacillus coryniformis (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858.

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Record number: 10880