Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides CAU 1342

Nahar, Shamsun, Lee, Do-Hoon, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong & Cha, Hana Yi and Chang-Jun, 2018, Report on 30 unrecorded bacterial species of the phylum Firmicutes isolated from Korea in 2016, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 50-59 : 58

Description of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides CAU 1342

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular and cream-colored after 1 day incubation in MRSA with 3% (w/v) NaCl and 5.5 pH at 30°C. Positive for D- glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, fermentation of L- arginine and urea and gelatin hydrolysis. Utilizes D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, adipate, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetate, but does not utilize caprate. Strain CAU 1342 (= NIBRBAC 000498498) was isolated from fermented vegetable.