Name: Lentilactobacillus hilgardii (Douglas and Cruess 1936) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus hilgardii Douglas and Cruess 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hil.gar’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hilgardii, of Hilgard, named after E.W. Hilgard, a pioneer of enology in the State of California, USA

Pronunciation, gender: hil-GAR-di-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8290; CCUG 30140; CIP 103007; DSM 20176; IFO 15886; JCM 1155; LMG 6895; NBIMCC 3445; NBRC 15886; NRRL B-1843

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680989 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus hilgardii Douglas and Cruess 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11873 (N = 30).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Lentilactobacillus 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: 10767