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
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Zheng, Jinshui
Author
Wittouck, Stijn
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Salvetti, Elisa
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Franz, Charles M. A. P.
Author
Harris, Hugh M. B.
Author
Mattarelli, Paola
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O’Toole, Paul W.
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Pot, Bruno
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Vandamme, Peter
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Walter, Jens
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Watanabe, Koichi
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Wuyts, Sander
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Felis, Giovanna E.
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Gänzle, Michael G.
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Lebeer, Sarah
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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
LIGILACTOBACILLUS AGILIS
COMB. NOV.
Ligilactobacillus agilis
(a’gi.lis. L. masc. adj.
agilis
agile, motile).
Basonym:
Lactobacillus agilis
Weiss
et al
. 1982
, 266
VP
(Effective publication: Weiss
et al
. 1981, 252)
L. agilis
strains are motile with peritrichous flagella; motility is easily demonstrated in MRS broth [
175
]. The genome size of the
type
strain is 2.06 Mbp. The mol% G+C content of DNA is 41.7.
Isolated from municipal sewage;
L. agilis
is the dominant species in the pigeon crops and it is also found in the gut and cecum of birds, human gut and vagina, porcine intestinal mucin and fermented food products such as masau fruits, Nigerian ogi, and cheese.
The
type
strain is
CIP 101264
T
=
CCUG 31450
T
=
DSM
20509
T
=
JCM 1187
T
=
LMG 9186
T
=
NRRL
B-14856
T
.
Genome sequence accession number: AYYP00000000.
16S rRNA gene accession number:
M58803
.