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 DESCRIPTIONOF SCHLEIFERILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV. Schleiferilactobacillus (Schlei.fer.i.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. noun Schleiferi , of (Karl-Heinz) Schleifer, a German microbiologist and taxonomist who made seminal contributions to bacterial taxonomy. N.L.masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Schleiferilactobacillus , a lactobacillus named after Karl-Heinz Schleifer). Gram-positive, rod-shaped, catalase-negative, homofermentative and aerotolerant. Strains of the genus were isolated from spoiled beverages including beer and fermented dairy beverages, fermented vegetables, andfermented cereals. Growth is observed in the range of 15–42 °C; a wide range of carbohydrates including pentoses, hexoses and oligosaccharides are fermented. The genome size ranges from 3.14 to 3.32 Mbp; the mol% G+C content of DNA ranges from 49.1 to 56.3. Aphylogenetic tree on the basis of 16S rRNA genes of all species in thegenus Schleiferilactobacillus is provided in Fig. S6E . Thetype species of thegenus is S. perolens comb. nov. ; Schleiferilactobacillus was previouslyreferred to as L. perolens group.