Pseudolactococcus laudensis

Pseudolactococcus laudensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Pseudolactococcus
Species:
P. laudensis
Binomial name
Pseudolactococcus laudensis
(Meucci et al. 2015) Abe et al. 2025
Synonyms
  • Lactococcus laudensis Meucci et al. 2015

Pseudolactococcus laudensis is a species of Gram-positive, coccoid, non-spore-forming, catalase-negative bacterium in the family Streptococcaceae. It was originally isolated from raw cow's milk collected in Val Trompia, Italy.[1] The type strain is 4195T (= DSM 28961T = LMG 28353T = JCM 31965T).[2]

The species was originally described as Lactococcus laudensis in 2015. In 2025, genome-based phylogenetic analyses divided the genus Lactococcus into two genus-level lineages, and the species was transferred to the newly established genus Pseudolactococcus as Pseudolactococcus laudensis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Meucci, A.; Zago, M.; Rossetti, L.; Fornasari, M. E.; Bonvini, B.; Tidona, F.; Povolo, M.; Contarini, G.; Carminati, D.; Giraffa, G. (2015). "Lactococcus hircilactis sp. nov. and Lactococcus laudensis sp. nov., isolated from milk". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (7): 2091–2096. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.000225. PMID 25833154.
  2. ↑ "Species: Pseudolactococcus laudensis". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Abe, Kota; Yuki, Masahiro; Imagawa, Yumiko; Hisatomi, Atsushi; Ohkuma, Moriya; Sakamoto, Mitsuo; Noda, Satoko (2025). "Genome-based reclassification of the genus Lactococcus and two novel species Pseudolactococcus yaeyamensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Lactovum odontotermitis sp. nov. isolated from the gut of termites". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 75 (6): 006803. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006803. PMC 12281737. PMID 40471659.