Latilactobacillus fragifolii, Legein & Wittouck & Lebeer, 2022

Legein, Marie, Wittouck, Stijn & Lebeer, Sarah, 2022, Latilactobacillus fragifolii sp. nov., isolated from leaves of a strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa), International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (005193) 72 (1), pp. 1-9 : 7-8

DESCRIPTION OF LATILACTOBACILLUS FRAGIFOLII SP. NOV.

Latilactobacillus fragifolii (fra.gi.fo’li.i. L. neut. n. fragum strawberry plant; L. neut. n. folium leaf; N.L. gen. n. fragifolii of a strawberry leaf)

Cells of isolates AMBP158, AMBP159, AMBP162 T, AMBP163, AMBP229, AMBP231, AMBP240, AMBP241, AMBP243, AMBP252, AMBP253, AMBP254 and AMBP256 are facultative heterofermentative, Gram-positive, catalase-positive, straight short rods of 0.8–1.6µm, which do not occur in long chains. They grow aerobically and anaerobically in MRS. Colonies grown aerobically on MRS agar at 30°C for 48 h are small, circular and white with a shiny surface. Acid is produced from L-arabinose, ribose,D-galactose, D-glucose,D-fructose,D-mannose, N -acetyl glucosamine, aesculin, salicin, cellobiose, sucrose, trehalose and gluconate. Acid is not produced from glycerol, erythritol, D-arabinose,D-xylose,L-xylose, adonitol, methyl β-xyloside, L-sorbose, rhamnose, dulcitol, inositol, mannitol, sorbitol, methyl α-D-mannopyranoside, methyl α-D-glucoside, amygdalin, arbutin, maltose, lactose, melibiose, inulin, melezitose, raffinose, starch, glycogen, xylitol, β-gentibiose, turanose, D-lyxose,D-tagatose,D-fucose,L-fucose,D-arabitol,L-arabitol and 2- or 5- keto-gluconate. Several phenotypic characteristics that are typical for this new species, such as catalase activity and utilization of L-arabinose and sucrose, could play a role in the adaptation of this species to the phyllosphere.

The type strain, AMBP162 T (= LMG 32285 T = CECT 30357 T), was isolated from the leaves of a strawberry plant growing in central Portugal. The genome size of strain AMBP162 T is 1.96 Mbp and the DNA G+C content is 41 mol% .