Limosilactobacillus

Limosilactobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria created in 2020 by splitting from Lactobacillus.[1] The name comes from limosus "slimy", referring to the property of most strains in the genus to produce exopolysaccharides from sucrose.[2]

Limosilactobacillus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Lactobacillaceae
Genus: Limosilactobacillus
Zheng et al., 2020[1]
Species

References

  1. 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 (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 (4): 2782–2858. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004107. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 32293557.
  2. "Genus: Limosilactobacillus". lpsn.dsmz.de.


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