Paralactobacillus (SELANGORENSIS 2020) SELANGORENSIS 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
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Bacilli
- order
- Lactobacillales
- family
- Lactobacillaceae
- genus
- Paralactobacillus
discussion
Paralactobacillus (Pa. ra. lac. to. ba. cil’lus. Gr. prep. para resembling; N. L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus; Paralactobacillus resembling the genus Lactobacillus). Cell are Gram-positive, homofermentative, non-motile, nonspore-forming rods, usually occurring singly oras pairs. They produce both D (−) - and L (+) - lactic acid from glucose. They produce acid from mannose and salicin but not from lactose, melibiose, raffinose, ribose or xylose. They grow at 15 ° C but not at 45 ° C and with 6.5 % NaCl.
type_taxon
The type species P. selangorensis wasisolated froma Malaysian food ingredient, chili bo [177] and later transferred to the genus Lactobacillus, proposing Lactobacillus selangorensis comb. nov [178]. Given the data presented in the present study we adopt the proposal of Leisner et al. [177].