Loigolactobacillus coryniformis, 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 : 2816

DESCRIPTION OF LOIGOLACTOBACILLUS CORYNIFORMIS COMB. NOV.

Loigolactobacillus coryniformis (co.ry.ni.for′ mis. Gr. fem. n. coryne a club; L. fem. n. forma shape ; N.L. masc. adj. coryniformis club-shaped).

Basonym: Lactobacillus coryniformis Abo-Elnaga and Kandler 1965 , 18 (Approved Lists)

L. coryniformis cells are short, coccoid rods, frequently pear-shaped. Pantothenic acid, niacin, riboflavin, biotin and p-aminobenzoic acid are essential for the growth of all or the majority of the strains tested [ 170].

Two subspecies are recognized: Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. coryniformis and Loigolactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens .