| Lactobacillus (Lentilactobacillus) farraginis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
farraginis Endo and Okada 2007.
Homotypic synonym: Lentilactobacillus farraginis (Endo and Okada 2007) Zheng et al. 2020.
farraginis Endo and Okada 2007.
Homotypic synonym: Lentilactobacillus farraginis (Endo and Okada 2007) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.8 x 3-6 µm, occur as single cells, in pairs, or in chains.
Nonmotile.
Nonmotile.
Colonies on MRS agar are beige, smooth and 2 mm in diameter after incubation for 4
days. Facultatively anaerobic. Can grow at 15 and 45 ºC. No growth at 10 or 50 ºC. No
growth in 5% NaCl media. Range of pH: 4.0-8.5 (variable at pH 9.0).
days. Facultatively anaerobic. Can grow at 15 and 45 ºC. No growth at 10 or 50 ºC. No
growth in 5% NaCl media. Range of pH: 4.0-8.5 (variable at pH 9.0).
Isolated from a compost of distilled shochu residue collected at a shochu distillery, Japan.
Undetermined.
- Endo A. and Okada S., 2007. Lactobacillus farraginis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus parafarraginis sp. nov., heterofermentative
lactobacilli isolated from a compost of distilled shochu residue. IJSEM 57, 708-712. - Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz MAP et al., 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.
Int J Syst Microbiol. 70, 2782-2858. - Tohno M, Tanizawa Y, Kojima Y, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M and Kobayashi H, 2021. Lentilactobacillus fungorum sp. nov., isolated
from spent mushroom substrates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 71; 005184. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005184.
Heterofermentative.
Positive results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine aminopeptidase, beta-glucosidase, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, fermentation of:
L-arabinose, esculin, fructose, galactose, D -glucose, gluconate (weak), 5-ketogluconate, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose,
ribose, sucrose and turanose.
Negative results for catalase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), alpha-fucosidase, nitrate reduction, valine aminopeptidase,
fermentation of: amygdalin, arbutin, D-arabitol, genibiose, 2-ketogluconate, lyxose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, trehalose,
methyl beta-D-xyloside, xylitol, and D-xylose.
Variable results for fermentation of cellobiose, lactose, mannitol, mannose, salicin
Positive results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine aminopeptidase, beta-glucosidase, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, fermentation of:
L-arabinose, esculin, fructose, galactose, D -glucose, gluconate (weak), 5-ketogluconate, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose,
ribose, sucrose and turanose.
Negative results for catalase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), alpha-fucosidase, nitrate reduction, valine aminopeptidase,
fermentation of: amygdalin, arbutin, D-arabitol, genibiose, 2-ketogluconate, lyxose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, trehalose,
methyl beta-D-xyloside, xylitol, and D-xylose.
Variable results for fermentation of cellobiose, lactose, mannitol, mannose, salicin
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