DESCRIPTION OF PAUCILACTOBACILLUS HOKKAIDONENSIS COMB. NOV.

Paucilactobacillus hokkaidonensis (hok.kai.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hokkaidonensis of Hokkaido in northern Japan from where the type strain was isolated).

Basonym: Lactobacillus hokkaidonensis Tohno et a l. 2013, 2529 VP

Growth is observed in the range of 4 to 37°C and in the pH range of 4.0–7.0; strains ferment pentoses, maltose and, variably, melibiose [248]. The genome size of the type strain is 2.33 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNA is 38.1.

Isolated from grass silage.

The type strain is LOOC260 T = JCM 18461 T = DSM 26202 T.

Genome sequence accession number: JQCH00000000.

16S rRNA gene accession number: AB721549.