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 2020-04-15 70 2782 2858 journal article 7136 10.1099/ijsem.0.004107 c650e745-85a1-48ca-b29a-b1714f644bae 4730536 Lactobacillus bombicola Lactobacillus bombicola [bom.bi’co.la. L. masc. n. bombus a boom, adeep hollow noise, buzzing, alsothe zoological genus name of the bumble bee; L. suf. – cola (derived from L. masc. or fem. n. incola incola , inhabitant) dwelling, occurring in; N.L. masc. n. bombicol a occurring in Bombus ]. Lactobacillus bombicola produces only D(−)-lactic acid from glucose. It is capable of utilizing cellobiose, ribose, glucose, fructose, mannose and trehalose for growth an acid production, but not arabinose, maltose, lactose, melibiose and sucrose [ 42 ]. The genome size is 1.64 Mbp and the mol% G+C content of DNAis 34.6. Isolated from the gut of a Bombus lapidarius bumble bee. Thetypestrainis H70-3 T =LMG 28288 T =DSM 28793 T . Genome sequence accession number: NPNG00000000. 16S rRNA gene accession number: LK054485 .