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 melliventris Lactobacillus melliventris (mel.li.ven‘tris. L. neut. n. mel , mellis honey; L. masc. n. venter , - tris belly, stomach; N.L. gen. n. melliventris of the honey stomach, referring to the isolation of the first strains from the honey stomach of honeybees). Lactobacillus melliventris grows from 15 to 50 °C. Produce acid from glucose, fructose, mannose and gentiobiose, but not from galactose, ribose, sucrose, maltose and lactose [ 89 ]. Thegenome size is 2.12 Mbp and the mol% G+C content of DNAis 35.9. Isolated from the homey stomach of honeybees. Thetypestrainis Hma8NT=DSM 26256 T =CCUG 63629 T . Genome sequence accession number: JXLI00000000. 16S rRNA gene accession number: JX099551 .