EMENDED DESCRIPTION OF PARALACTOBACILLUS

Paralactobacillus (Pa.ra.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. Gr. prep. para resembling; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus; Paralactobacillus resembling the genus Lactobacillus).

Cell are Gram-positive, homofermentative, non-motile, nonspore-forming rods, usually occurring singly oras pairs. They produce both D(−)- and L(+)- lactic acid from glucose. They produce acid from mannose and salicin but not from lactose, melibiose, raffinose, ribose or xylose. They grow at 15 °C but not at 45 °C and with 6.5 % NaCl.

The type species P. selangorensis wasisolated froma Malaysian food ingredient, chili bo [177] and later transferred to the genus Lactobacillus, proposing Lactobacillus selangorensis comb. nov [178]. Given the data presented in the present study we adopt the proposal of Leisner et al. [177].