DESCRIPTIONOF LIMOSILACTOBACILLUS SECALIPHILUS COMB. NOV.

Limosilactobacillus secaliphilus (se.ca.li.phi’lus. L. neut. n. secale rye; Gr. masc. adj. philos loving; N.L. masc. adj. secaliphilus rye-loving).

Basonym: Lactobacillus secaliphilus Ehrmann et al. 2007, 748 VP

The type strain does not ferment glucose [274]. The genome size of the type strain is 1.65 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNAis 47.7.

Isolated froma type II sourdough; althoughother lactobacilli in type II sourdoughs are predominantly of intestinal origin [114], the habitat of L. secaliphilus remains unknown [274].

Thetypestrainis TMW 1.1309 T = DSM 17896 T =CCUG 53218 T.

Genome sequence accession number: JQBW00000000.

16S rRNA gene accession number: AM279150.