Agrilactobacillus, Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O’Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer, 2020

Zheng, Jinshui, Wittouck, Stijn, Salvetti, Elisa, Franz, Charles M. A. P., Harris, Hugh M. B., Mattarelli, Paola, O’Toole, Paul W., Pot, Bruno, Vandamme, Peter, Walter, Jens, Watanabe, Koichi, Wuyts, Sander, Felis, Giovanna E., Gänzle, Michael G. & Lebeer, Sarah, 2020, A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70 (4), pp. 2782-2858 : 2809-2810

DESCRIPTION OF AGRILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV.

Agrilactobacillus ( A.gri .lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. adj.masc. n. ager, a field; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus , a bacterial genus; Agrilactobacillus , a lactobacillus from fields or soil).

Gram positive, rod-shaped, catalase negative, homofermentative and aerotolerant. The genome size ranges from 2.33 to 3.47 Mbp; the mol% G+C content of DNA ranges from 42.1 to 44.0. Origin, physiological properties and genome characteristics suggest a free-living lifestyle of the genus. Isolated from compost that included shochu mash and from vegetables (mustard) in Indonesia and China.

The type species of the genus is A. composti .