Companilactobacillus, 2020

Zheng, Jinshui, Wittouck, Stijn, Salvetti, Elisa, Franz, Charles M. A. P., Harris, Hugh M. B., Mattarelli, Paola, O’Toole, Paul W., Pot, Bruno, Vandamme, Peter, Walter, Jens, Watanabe, Koichi, Wuyts, Sander, Felis, Giovanna E., Gänzle, Michael G. & Lebeer, Sarah, 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, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70, pp. 2782-2858 : 2803

DESCRIPTION OF COMPANILACTOBACILLUS CRUSTORUM COMB. NOV.

Companilactobacillus crustorum (crus.tor’um. L. gen. pl. n. crustorum , of baked goods or cakes).

Basonym: Lactobacillus crustorum Scheirlinck et al. 2007 , 1466 VP

Growth is observed at 15 and at 45 °C; pentoses are not fermented; disaccharide fermentation is strain dependent [ 121]. The genome size is 2.22 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNA is 35.

Isolated from sourdough, dairy products and forages. Some strains degrade saponins by β-glucuronidase activity [ 122].

The type strain is CCUG 53174 T =JCM 15951 T =LMG 23699 T.

Genome sequence accession number: AZDB00000000. 16S RNA gene sequence accession number: AM285450.