Fructobacillus
Genus of bacteria
| Fructobacillus | |
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| Fructobacillus fructosus, formerly Leuconostoc fructosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae[1] |
| Genus: | Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008[2] |
| Type species | |
| Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008[2] | |
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Fructobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae.[2][3] It is a fructophilic lactic acid bacteria, indicating that it thrives better in fructose than in glucose and is characterized by its inability to produce ethanol.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[3][4] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, Watanabe K, Wuyts S, Felis GE, Gänzle MG, Lebeer S. (2020). "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". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (4): 2782–2858. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004107. hdl:10067/1738330151162165141. PMID 32293557.
- ^ a b c Endo A, Okada S. (2008). "Reclassification of the genus Leuconostoc and proposals of Fructobacillus fructosus gen. nov., comb. nov., Fructobacillus durionis comb. nov., Fructobacillus ficulneus comb. nov. and Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus comb. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 58 (Pt 9): 2195–2205. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65609-0. PMID 18768629.
- ^ a b c Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Fructobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Genus: Fructobacillus". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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