Leuconostoc amelibiosum Schillinger, Holzapfel, and Kandler 1989 Is a Later Subjective Synonym of Leuconostoc citreum Farrow, Facklam, and Collins 1989

Leuconostoc amelibiosum Schillinger, Holzapfel, and Kandler 1989 is described as a later subjective synonym of Leuconostoc citreum Farrow, Facklam, and Collins 1989 on the basis of the results of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and DNA-DNA hybridization studies. The name Leuconostoc citreum should be retained; the type strain is strain NCDO 1837 (= NRIC 1776).