Nutrition and Food Science International Journal - Juniper Publishers Abstract The frequent change of bacterial names and the consequences have been discussed in brief, with recent examples of Bacillus spp, and Lactococcus spp. Keywords: Bacterial classification, B. paralicheniformis, B. licheniformis, L. plantarum and L. pentosus Opinion The bacterial classification change of names “Bacillus licheniformis into B. paralicheniformis, Lactobacillus plantaruam, L. pentosus and L. paraplantarum” and implications. The change of a strain name creates many hurdles in representing, patenting, and in academic events. Even more important, patents filed under the previous name may disappear as the new name appears. The incorporation of a new name locally is easy, but this is a major concern globally. In 2019, we filed a patent on the Bioprocess developed for the purification of ( B. licheniformis ), bacteriocin as a result, the patent granted. During the ...
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