Name: Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei (Collins et al. 1989) Zheng et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Lactobacillus paracasei Collins et al. 1989

Etymology: pa.ra.ca’se.i. Gr. prep. para, resembling; L. gen. neut. n. casei, a species epithet; N.L. gen. neut. n. paracasei, resembling Lactobacillus casei

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25302; CCUG 32212; CIP 103918; DSM 20008; DSM 20020; DSM 5622; IFO 15889; JCM 8130; LMG 13087; NBIMCC 8458; NBRC 15889; NCDO 151; NCFB 151; NCIMB 700151

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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 paracasei subsp. paracasei Collins et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965) Zheng et al. 2020 but an explicit description was also provided. 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.

Parent taxon: Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (Collins et al. 1989) 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: 10882