Latilactobacillus Zheng, Wittouck, Salvetti, Franz, Harris, Mattarelli, O’Toole, Pot, Vandamme, Walter, Watanabe, Wuyts, Felis, Gänzle, and Lebeer 2020
- Dataset
- 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
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Zheng, Jinshui, Wittouck, Stijn, Salvetti, Elisa, Franz, Charles M. A. P., Harris, Hugh M. B., Mattarelli, Paola, O’Toole, Paul W., Pot, Bruno, Vandamme, Peter, Walter, Jens, Watanabe, Koichi, Wuyts, Sander, Felis, Giovanna E., Gänzle, Michael G., Lebeer, Sarah (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. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70: 2782-2858, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004107
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Bacilli
- order
- Lactobacillales
- family
- Lactobacillaceae
- genus
- Latilactobacillus
description
Aphylogenetic tree on the basis of 16 S rRNA genes of all species in the genus Latilactobacillus is provided in Fig. S 6 G. The type species is Latilactobacillus sakei comb. nov.; Latilactobacillus was previously referred to as L. sakei group.
discussion
Latilactobacillus (La. ti. lac. to. ba. cil'lus. L. masc. adj. latus wide, broad; N. L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus name; N. L. masc. n. Latilactobacillus a widespread lactobacillus). Speciesof Latilactobacillus are homofermentative, their mol % G + C content isbetween 40 and 42 and the genome size ranges from 1.82 to 2.12 Mbp; they produce both D (−) - and L- (+) - lactic acidwith the exceptionof L. fuchuensis, which produces only the L (+) - isomer. Strains in the species lead a free-living lifestyle and are mesophilic; many strains are psychrotrophic and grow below 8 ° C. L. sakei and L. curvatus have commercial importance as meat starter cultures [58, 59].