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

Zheng, Jinshui; Wittouck, Stijn; Salvetti, Elisa; M. A. P. Franz, Charles; M. B. Harris, Hugh; Mattarelli, Paola; W. O’Toole, Paul; Pot, Bruno; Vandamme, Peter; Walter, Jens; Watanabe, Koichi; Wuyts, Sander; E. Felis, Giovanna; G. Gänzle, Michael; Lebeer, Sarah

doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004107

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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

Published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY • Apr 1, 2020

Authors:

Jinshui Zheng

Stijn Wittouck

Elisa Salvetti

Abstract

The genus Lactobacillus comprises 261 species (at March 2020) that are extremely diverse at phenotypic, ecological and genotypic levels. This study evaluated the taxonomy of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae on the basis of whole genome sequences. Parameters that were evaluated included core gen...

Subject

Biology

Lactobacillus

Lactobacillus crispatus

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