Name: Weissella thailandensis Tanasupawat et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thai.lan.den’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. thailandensis, pertaining to Thailand where the strains were first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 46557; CIP 106751; DSM 15832; FS61-1; HSCC 1412; JCM 10695; KCTC 3751; NRIC 298; PCU 210; TISTR 1384

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB023838 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanasupawat S, Shida O, Okada S, Komagata K. Lactobacillus acidipiscis sp. nov. and Weissella thailandensis sp. nov., isolated from fermented fish in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1479-1485.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Weissella jogaejeotgali Lee et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Kwak et al. 2019 Kwak MJ, Choi SB, Kim BY, Chun J. Genome-based reclassification of Weissella jogaejeotgali as a later heterotypic synonym of Weissella thailandensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3672-3675. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Kwak et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Weissella jogaejeotgali Lee et al. 2015. Publication: Kwak MJ, Choi SB, Kim BY, Chun J. Genome-based reclassification of Weissella jogaejeotgali as a later heterotypic synonym of Weissella thailandensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3672-3675.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Weissella Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Tanasupawat S, Shida O, Okada S, Komagata K. Lactobacillus acidipiscis sp. nov. and Weissella thailandensis sp. nov., isolated from fermented fish in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1479-1485.

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