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 Author Zheng, Jinshui Author Wittouck, Stijn Author Salvetti, Elisa Author Franz, Charles M. A. P. Author Harris, Hugh M. B. Author Mattarelli, Paola Author O’Toole, Paul W. Author Pot, Bruno Author Vandamme, Peter Author Walter, Jens Author Watanabe, Koichi Author Wuyts, Sander Author Felis, Giovanna E. Author Gänzle, Michael G. Author Lebeer, Sarah text International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2020 2020-04-01 70 4 2782 2858 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004107 journal article 10.1099/ijsem.0.004107 1466-5034 DESCRIPTION OF LACTIPLANTIBACILLUS GARII COMB. NOV. Lactiplantibacillus garii (ga’ri.i N.L. gen. n. garii of gari, the fermented cassava product from which the type strain was isolated). Basonym: Lactobacillus garii Diaz et al . 2020 , 5 VP . L. garii grows in the temperature range of 6–42 °C and in the pH range of 4.0 to 8.8. The type strain produces D(-)-lactate from a wide spectrum of pentoses, hexoses, and disaccharides [ 339 ]. The genome size of the type strain is 2.97 Mbp. The mol% GC content of DNA is 48.3 Isolated from gari, a fermented cassava product [ 339 ]. The type strain is FI11369 T = NCIMB 15148 T = DSM 108249 T . Genome sequence accession number: QWZQ00000000. 16S rRNA gene accession number: MN81791.