Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens
- 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
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Bacilli
- order
- Lactobacillales
- family
- Lactobacillaceae
- genus
- Lactobacillus
- species
- Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens
description
Two subspecies are recognised.
discussion
Lactobacilluskefiranofaciens (ke. fi. ra. no. fa'ci. ens. N. L. neut. n. kefiranum, a polysaccharide of kefir grain, kefiran; L. v. facio, produce; N. L. part. adj. kefiranofaciens, kefiran producing). Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens produces DL-lactic acid with an excess of D (−) - lactic acid from glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, maltose, lactose and raffinose, but not from arabinose, ribose, cellobiose or trehalose [99].
Name
- Homonyms
- Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens