DESCRIPTION OF LACTICASEIBACILLUS PARACASEI SUBSP. TOLERANS COMB. NOV.

Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans (to.le’rans. L. masc. part. tolerans tolerating, enduring; means survival during the pasteurization of milk).

Basonym Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. tolerans Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965, Collins et al. 1989, 108 VP

Some strains of the subspecies were initially described as L. casei subsp. tolerans [168]. Original characteristics of L. paracasei subsp. tolerans strains are described in [170]. The genome size of the type strain is 2.38 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNA is 46.4.

Isolated from dairy products and tomato pomace silage.

The type strain is 7/74 T = ATCC 25599 T = CCUG 34829 T = CIP 102994 T = CIP 103024 T = DSM 20258 T = NBRC 15906 T = JCM 1171 T = LMG 9191 T = NCIMB 9709 T.

Genome sequence accession number: AYYJ00000000.

16S rRNA gene accession number of the type strain: AB181950.