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    sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 62, 2068-2076.
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    genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae.
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Lactobacillus (Lacticaseibacillus) brantae
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
brantae
Volokhov, Amselle, Beck, Popham, Whittaker, Wang, Kerrigan and Chizhikov, 2012.

Homotypic synonym:
Lacticaseibacillus brantae (Long and Gu 2019) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5 / 4.0 µm, occurring as chains of plump coccobacilli.
Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on MRS agar are translucent, cream, smooth and convex. Colonies are
formed on MRS agar and sheep blood agar under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
in 48 h at 37 ºC. Grows at temperature range 25-40 ºC and 2.0-4.0% NaCl media.
Facultative anaerobe.
Isolated from faeces of apparently healthy wild Canada geese (Branta canadensis), USA.
Undetermined.
Description is based on API 50 CHL, VITEK, Biolog, and conventional tests results.

Positive results for  fermentation/utilization of butyrate, D-fructose, glucose (without gas production), gluconate, glycerol, mannose,
melibiose, N-acetylglucosamine, and turanose.

Negative results for beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, indole production, urease, Voges-Proskauer test, fermentation/utilization of acetic
acid, D-adonitol, amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, esculin, formic acid, L- and D-fucose,
galactose, gentiobiose, glycogen, inositol, inosine, inulin, lactose, mannitol, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, raffinose,
rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.

Variable results for maltose fermentation.
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