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

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

The type species is Dellaglioa algida .