Name: Weissella cibaria Björkroth et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ci.ba’ri.a. L. fem. adj. cibaria, pertaining to food

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 41967; DSM 15878; JCM 12495; LMG 17699

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ295989 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bjorkroth KJ, Schillinger U, Geisen R, Weiss N, Hoste B, Holzapfel WH, Korkeala HJ, Vandamme P. Taxonomic study of Weissella confusa and description of Weissella cibaria sp. nov., detected in food and clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:141-148.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Ennahar and Cai (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002. Publication: Ennahar S, Cai Y. Genetic evidence that Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002 is a later heterotypic synonym of Weissella cibaria Bjorkroth et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:463-465.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 359 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Weissella Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Bjorkroth KJ, Schillinger U, Geisen R, Weiss N, Hoste B, Holzapfel WH, Korkeala HJ, Vandamme P. Taxonomic study of Weissella confusa and description of Weissella cibaria sp. nov., detected in food and clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:141-148.

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Record number: 783089