DESCRIPTIONOF DELLAGLIOA GEN. NOV.

Dellaglioa (Del.la.gli.o’a. N.L. fem. n. Dellaglioa, named after Franco Dellaglio, an Italian microbiologist, former chairman of the Subcommittee on taxonomyof Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms, known for his significant research contributions to the taxonomy of the lactic acid bacteria).

Strainsof Dellaglioa are facultatively anaerobic, psychrophilic, nonmotile, homofermentative rod-shaped bacteria. Strains of the only species included in thegenus are psychrotrophicand occur as meat spoilage organism.

The type species is Dellaglioa algida .