Furfurilactobacillus, Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O’Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer, 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 : 2828

DESCRIPTION OF FURFURILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV.

Furfurilactobacillus (Fur.fu.ri.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. furfur bran, relating to the origin of furfurilactobacilli from cereal fermentations; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Furfurilactobacillus a lactobacillus from bran).

Heterofermentative and aerotolerant. Growth is observed at 15 and 37°C but not at 45 °C. The two species in the genus with genome sequences available have a genome size of 2.9–3.0 Mbp and a mol% G+C content of DNA of 43–44 %. Species in the genus were isolated from sourdough or spoiled beer and have an exceptional capacity to metabolize phenolic compounds [ 240, 241]. The ecology of the genus remains largely unexplored but appears to be similar to the nomadic lifestyle of L. plantarum .

A phylogenetic tree on the basis of 16S rRNA genes of all species in the genus Lactiplantibacillus is provided in Figure S6L.

The type species of the genus is Furfurilactobacillus rossiae comb. nov.; Furfurilactobacillus was previously referred to as L. rossiae group.