REJECTION OF LACTOBACILLUS-PANIS (WIESE ET-AL 1996)

Lactobacillus panis (Wiese et al. 1996) has not been validly published because type strain DSM 6035 is not available from any culture collec tion. The lack of an available type strain is not consistent,vith Prin ciple 1 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria: Bacteri ological Code and may cause confusion if taxonomists are not able to c ompare new Lactobacillus isolates with an L. panis type strain. We req uest an opinion which indicates whether the name L. panis should be re jected, In addition, on behalf of the Subcommittee on Taxonomy of Bifi dobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Related Organisms,,ve strongly support an emendation of Rule 30 of the Bacteriological Code proposed by the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacte riology in Jerusalem in 1996. This emendation would make mandatory the availability of a type strain of a new species from a culture collect ion and thus would prevent descriptions of invalidly published species .