| Lactobacillus (Holzapfelia) floricola |
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus floricola
Kawasaki, Kurosawa, Miyazaki, Yagi, Kitajima, Tanaka, Irisawa, Okada, Sakamoto, Ohkuma and Niimura, 2011.
Homotypic synonym: Holzapfelia floricola (Kawasaki et al. 2011) Zheng et al. 2020.
Kawasaki, Kurosawa, Miyazaki, Yagi, Kitajima, Tanaka, Irisawa, Okada, Sakamoto, Ohkuma and Niimura, 2011.
Homotypic synonym: Holzapfelia floricola (Kawasaki et al. 2011) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive (early stages of growth) rods, 0.5 x 2-4 µm, occur as single cells, in
pairs, or in short chains. Nonmotile. Nonspore-forming.
pairs, or in short chains. Nonmotile. Nonspore-forming.
Colonies grow well on MRS agar plates under both anaerobic and aerobic (air)
conditions. Colonies on MRS agar are yellowish-white, smooth and 1-2 mm in
diameter after incubation for 2 days at 30 ºC. Grow at 20-30 ºC. No growth at 10 or 37
ºC. Weak growth at 15 ºC. Grow in 5.5% NaCl, but not in 6.5% NaCl medium.
conditions. Colonies on MRS agar are yellowish-white, smooth and 1-2 mm in
diameter after incubation for 2 days at 30 ºC. Grow at 20-30 ºC. No growth at 10 or 37
ºC. Weak growth at 15 ºC. Grow in 5.5% NaCl, but not in 6.5% NaCl medium.
Isolated from flowers (Caltha palustris, a buttercup; Aster glehnii subsp. hondoensis, a chrysanthemum; Cirsium japonicum, a
plumed thistle; Aster ageratoides subsp. ovatus, a chrysanthemum) in mountainous areas in Japan.
plumed thistle; Aster ageratoides subsp. ovatus, a chrysanthemum) in mountainous areas in Japan.
Undetermined.
- Kawasaki S., Kurosawa K., Miyazaki M., Yagi C., Kitajima Y., Tanaka S., Irisawa T., Okada S., Sakamoto M., Ohkuma M. and
Niimura Y., 2011. Lactobacillus floricola sp. nov., lactic acid bacteria isolated from mountain flowers. IJSEM 61, 1356-1359. - Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz MAP et al., 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 Microbiol. 70, 2782-2858.
Homofermentative.
Positive results for fermentation of: fructose, D-glucose (L-lactic acid is produced as the end product; no gas production), and starch
(weak reaction).
Negative results for catalase, nitrate reduction, fermentation of: D-arabinose, cellobiose, galactose, gluconate, lactose, maltose,
mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, and D-xylose.
Positive results for fermentation of: fructose, D-glucose (L-lactic acid is produced as the end product; no gas production), and starch
(weak reaction).
Negative results for catalase, nitrate reduction, fermentation of: D-arabinose, cellobiose, galactose, gluconate, lactose, maltose,
mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, sucrose, trehalose, and D-xylose.
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