2020年にZhengらは,それまでLactobacillus属細菌に分類されてきた全261種の菌についてゲノムレベルでの再分類を行いました.
本書中に登場する菌について,再分類後の新分類名を以下の表に示します.
旧分類名 新分類名
Lactobacillus sakei Latilactobacillus sakei
Lactobacillus plantarum Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus brevis Levilactobacillus brevis
Lactobacillus casei Lacticaseibacillus casei
Lactobacillus fermentum Limosilactobacillus fermentum
Lactobacillus fructivorans Fructilactobacillus fructivorans
Lactobacillus hilgardii Lentilactobacillus hilgardii
Lactobacillus kefiri Lentilactobacillus kefiri
Lactobacillus paracasei Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
Lactobacillus senmaizukei Levilactobacillus senmaizukei

詳細は以下の文献をご参照ください.
J. Zheng et al. (2020). A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 70(4): 2782–2858.