DESCRIPTIONOF LOIGOLACTOBACILLUS IWATENSIS COMB. NOV.

Loigolactobacillus iwatensis (i.wa.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. iwatensis of or belonging to Mount Iwate, where the first strains were isolated).

Basonym: Lactobacillus iwatensis Tohno et al. 2013, 3856 VP

L. iwatensis strains are facultatively anaerobic, non-sporeforming and non-motile rods. They are homofermentative; they are positive for C4 esterase, leucine aminopeptidase, valine aminopeptidase and acid phosphatase [189]. The genome size of the type strain is 2.62 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNA is 40.6.

Isolated from orchardgrass silage.

Thetypestrainis IWT246 T = JCM 18838 T = DSM 26942 T.

Genome sequence accession number: RHNP00000000.

16S rRNA gene accession number: AB773428.