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Species Lactobacillus amylolyticus

Name: Lactobacillus amylolyticus Bohak et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch-digesting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lak-to-ba-KIL-lus a-my-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 39901; DSM 11664; JCM 12529; LA 5; LMG 18796

16S rRNA gene: Y17361 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Bohak I, Back W, Richter L, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Lactobacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., isolated from beer malt and beer wort. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:360-364. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06616 (N = 32).
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bohak I, Back W, Richter L, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Lactobacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., isolated from beer malt and beer wort. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:360-364. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 777248