Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5319

Name

Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zheng et al. 2020

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2016]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Members

genus	Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Acetilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Agrilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Amylolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Apilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Bombilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Brochothrix Sneath and Jones 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Companilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Convivina Praet et al. 2015
genus	Dellaglioa Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Diplococcus Weichselbaum 1886
genus	Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cato et al. 1981
genus	Fructilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008 emend. Bello et al. 2022
genus	Furfurilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Holzapfelia Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Lacticaseibacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Lactiplantibacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Lapidilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Latilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Lentilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Bello et al. 2022
genus	Levilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Ligilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Limosilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Liquorilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Loigolactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995 emend. Bello et al. 2022
genus	Paralactobacillus Leisner et al. 2000 emend. Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Paucilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Pediococcus Claussen 1903 emend. Kitahara 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Schleiferilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Secundilactobacillus Zheng et al. 2020
genus	Sharpea Morita et al. 2008
genus	Weissella Collins et al. 1994 emend. Bello et al. 2022

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zheng et al. 2020

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

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Taxon Abstract for the family Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zheng et al. 2020. NamesforLife, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5319.


This information was last reviewed on May 13, 2020.

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