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DESCRIPTION OF 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 taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms, known for his significant research contributions to the taxonomy of the lactic acid bacteria).

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

The type species is Dellaglioa algida .