Name: Lactococcus raffinolactis (Orla-Jensen and Hansen 1932) Schleifer et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus raffinolactis Orla-Jensen and Hansen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: raf.fi.no.lac.tis. N.L. neut. n. raffinosum, raffinose; L. gen. neut. n. lactis, of milk; N.L. gen. neut. n. raffinolactis, raffinose fermenting bacterium from milk

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43920; CCUG 32209; CIP 102300; DSM 20443; HAMBI 1589; JCM 5706; LMG 13095; NBIMCC 9088; NBRC 100932; NCDO 617; NCFB 617; NCIMB 13197

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681294 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Bälz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptococcus raffinolactis Orla-Jensen and Hansen 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 51 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 25, Lactococcus raffinolactis is erroneously proposed as a new species. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Bälz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

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