(1) Lactiplantibacillus paraxiangfangensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese pickle Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024;73(3):006278.

(2) Proposal to Reclassify Companilactobacillus futsaii subsp. chongqingensis as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Companilactobacillus futsaii subsp. futsaii. Curr Microbiol 2024;81(1):17.

(3) Elevation of Lentilactobacillus rapi subsp. dabitei Li et al. 2022 to the species level as Lentilactobacillus dabitei sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023;73(11):006149.

(4) Levilactobacillus humaensis sp. nov. and Lapidilactobacillus luobeiensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022;72(12):005661.

(5) Apilactobacillus zhangqiuensis sp. nov. and Apilactobacillus xinyiensis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022;72(5):005402.

(6) Companilactobacillus salsicarnum Zheng et al. 2020 is a later heterotypic synonym of Companilactobacillus mishanensis (Wei and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022;72(2):005256.

(7) Lactobacillus huangpiensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus laiwuensis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of honeybee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022;72(2):005237.

(8) Rejection of the reclassification of Leuconostoc gasicomitatum as Leuconostoc gelidum subsp. gasicomitatum based on whole genome analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(9):005027.

(9) Proposal of Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactococcus formosensis Chen et al. 2014 and Lactococcus formosensis subsp. bovis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(8):004980.

(10) Apilactobacillus nanyangensis sp. nov., Secundilactobacillus hailunensis sp. nov., Secundilactobacillus yichangensis sp. nov., Levilactobacillus andaensis sp. nov., Levilactobacillus wangkuiensis sp. nov., Levilactobacillus lanxiensis sp. nov., Lacticaseibacillus mingshuiensis sp. nov. and Lacticaseibacillus suilingensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese pickle and the gut of honeybee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(7):004898.

(11) Elevation of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris to the species level as Lactococcus cremoris sp. nov. and transfer of Lactococcus lactis subsp. tructae to Lactococcus cremoris as Lactococcus cremoris subsp. tructae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(3):004727.

(12) Proposal of Enterococcus xinjiangensis Ren et al. 2020 as a later heterotypic synonym of Enterococcus lactis Morandi et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(3):004716.

(13) Leuconostoc falkenbergense sp. nov., isolated from a lactic culture, fermentating string beans and traditional yogurt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021;71(1):004602.

(14) Proposal to reclassify Lactobacillus zhaodongensis, Lactobacillus zeae, Lactobacillus argentoratensis and Lactobacillus buchneri subsp. silage as Lacticaseibacillus zhaodongensis comb. nov., Lacticaseibacillus zeae comb. nov., Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis comb. nov. and Lentilactobacillus buchneri subsp. silage comb. nov., respectively and Apilactobacillus kosoi as a later heterotypic synonym of Apilactobacillus micheneri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70(12):6414-6417.

(15) Proposal of Bifidobacterium saeculare Biavati et al. 1992 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bifidobacterium gallinarum Watabe et al. 1983 and Bifidobacterium gallinarum subsp. saeculare subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70(11):5964-5968.

(16) Proposal of Lactobacillus kosoi Chiou et al. 2018 as a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus micheneri McFrederick et al. 2018, elevation of Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. argentoratensis to the species level as Lactobacillus argentoratensis sp. nov., and Lactobacillus zhaodongensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese pickle and the intestinal tract of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70(5):3123-3133. 

(17) Lactobacillus hegangensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus suibinensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus daqingensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus yichunensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus mulanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus achengensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus wuchangensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus gannanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus binensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus angrenensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle and yogurt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70(4):2467-2484.

(18) Weissella sagaensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese yogurt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020;70(4):2485-2492.

(19) Lactobacillus pingfangensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus daoliensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus nangangensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus daowaiensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus dongliensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus songbeiensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus kaifaensis sp. nov., isolated from traditional Chinese pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(10):3237-3247.

(20) Enterococcus pingfangensis sp. nov., Enterococcus dongliensis sp. nov., Enterococcus hulanensis sp. nov., Enterococcus nangangensis sp. nov. and Enterococcus songbeiensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle juice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(10):3191-3201.

(21) Lactobacillus yilanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus bayanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus keshanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus kedongensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus baiquanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus jidongensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus hulinensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus mishanensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus zhongbaensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle and yogurt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(10):3178-3190..

(22) Lactobacillus jixianensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus baoqingensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus jiayinensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus zhaoyuanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus lindianensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus huananensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus tangyuanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus fuyuanensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus tongjiangensis sp. nov., Lactobacillus fujinensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus mulengensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(8):2340-2353.

(23) Lactobacillus hulanensis sp. nov., isolated from suancai, a traditional Chinese pickle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(7):2147-2152.

(24) Lactobacillus homohiochii is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus fructivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(6):1720-1723.

(25) Lactobacillus terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus metriopterae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019;69(6):1597-1600.