Lactobacillus fornicalis
- 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 fornicalis
description
Isolated from the human posterior vaginal fornix. Thetypestrainis TV 1018 T = DSM 13171 T = ATCC 700934 T. Genome sequenceaccession number: not availableat the time of publication. 16 S rRNA gene accession number: Y 18654.
discussion
Lactobacillus fornicalis (for. ni. ca of the posterior fornix). L. fornicalis produces DL-lactic acid from glucose. Acid is producedfrom ribose, fructose, galactose, glucose, mannose, maltose, cellobiose, sucrose, trehalose, melezitose, mannitol and sorbitol [83]. Themol % G + C content of DNA is 37.
Name
- Homonyms
- Lactobacillus fornicalis