- Praet J, Meeus I, Cnockaert M, Houf K, Smaggbe G, and Vandamme, 2015. Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble
bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov. Antonie van
Leeuwenhoek 107, 1337-1349.
| Lactobacillus bombicola |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
bombicola Praet, Meeus, Cnockaert, Houf, Smagghe and Vandamme 2015.
bombicola Praet, Meeus, Cnockaert, Houf, Smagghe and Vandamme 2015.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5-1 / 3 µm. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
Colonies are brown, shiny, undulate, 2 mm in diameter after 2 days of incubation at
37 ºC on MRS agar. Facultative anaerobe. Grows at 25-37 ºC (optimally at 37 ºC).
Grows at pH 3.0-7.0. No growth in 5% NaCl media.
37 ºC on MRS agar. Facultative anaerobe. Grows at 25-37 ºC (optimally at 37 ºC).
Grows at pH 3.0-7.0. No growth in 5% NaCl media.
Isolated from the gut of a Bombus lapidaries bumble bee, Belgium.
Undetermined.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL and API ZYM (bioMerieux) results / 5 days.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, valine arylamidase,
cysteine arylamidase, acid production from amygdalin, arbutin, L-arabinose, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, gentiobiose, glucose
(without gas production), 5-ketogluconate (weak reaction), D-lyxose, mannose, ribose, salicin, D-tagatose (weak reaction), trehalose,
and N-acetylglucosamine.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase C4, esterase lipase C8, lipase C14, alpha-glucosidase,
alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, oxidase,
acid production from adonitol, D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, galactose, gluconate,
2-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, maltose, mannitol, melibiose, melezitose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methylalpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, rhamnose, L-sorbose, sorbitol,
starch, sucrose, turanose,methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, valine arylamidase,
cysteine arylamidase, acid production from amygdalin, arbutin, L-arabinose, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, gentiobiose, glucose
(without gas production), 5-ketogluconate (weak reaction), D-lyxose, mannose, ribose, salicin, D-tagatose (weak reaction), trehalose,
and N-acetylglucosamine.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase C4, esterase lipase C8, lipase C14, alpha-glucosidase,
alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, oxidase,
acid production from adonitol, D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, galactose, gluconate,
2-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, maltose, mannitol, melibiose, melezitose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methylalpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, rhamnose, L-sorbose, sorbitol,
starch, sucrose, turanose,methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
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