Levilactobacillus Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O'Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer 2020, GEN. NOV.
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DESCRIPTIONOF LEVILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV.
Levilactobacillus (Le.vi.lac.to.ba.cil'lus. L. v. levare to lift up, release, relieve; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Levilactobacillus a lactobacillus with leavening potential, referring to the occurrence of multiple speciesin the genusin type Isourdoughs that are used as sole leavening agent).
Gram-positive, rod-shaped, catalase negative, heterofermentative. Most strains grow at 15 °C but not at 45 °C, are acid tolerant, growing generally in the pH range of 4.0–7.0 and produce DL-lactic acid. The genome size ranges from 1.97 Mbp for Levilactobacillusbambusae to 3.38 Mbp for Levilactobacillus cerevisiae, the mol% G+C content ranges from 46.3–55.9 %. Strains in the genus lead a free-living lifestyle and were isolated from sourdough or fermented vegetable products but also occur as spoilage organisms in alcoholic beverages. Strains in the genus generally harbour genes coding for transaldolase/transketolase which mediate metabolism of pentoses to pyruvate. Levilactobacillus brevis is used commercially as starter culture in food and feed applications.
Aphylogenetic tree on the basis of 16S rRNA genes of all species in the genus Levilactobacillus is provided in Figure S6P.
Thetype species of thegenus is Levilactobacillus brevis comb. nov.; Levilactobacillus was previously referred to as L. brevis group.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O'Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer
- Kingdom
- Bacteria
- Phylum
- Firmicutes
- Order
- Lactobacillales
- Family
- Lactobacillaceae
- Genus
- Levilactobacillus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Levilactobacillus Zheng, Wittouck, Salvetti, Franz, Harris, Mattarelli, O'Toole, Pot, Vandamme, Walter, Watanabe, Wuyts, Felis, Gänzle & Lebeer, 2020