Lactobacillus (Fructilactobacillus) florum
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus florum Endo,
Futagawa-Endo, Sakamoto, Kitahara and Dicks, 2010.

Homotypic synonym:
Fructilactobacillus florum (Endo et al. 2010) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.8 x 1.5-7 µm, occur as single cells, in pairs, or in chains.
Nonmotile.
Facultatively anaerobic. Colonies on FYP agar are beige, smooth and 1-2 mm in
diameter after incubation for 3 days under anaerobic conditions; surface growth under
aerobic conditions is poor.
Grow at 15 ºC. No growth at 45 ºC. Grow in 5% NaCl. Range of pH 4.0-8.0.
Isolated from  peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) & bietou (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) flowers  collected at Western Cape, South Africa.
Undetermined.
  1. Endo A., Futagawa-Endo Y., Sakamoto M., Kitahara M. and Dicks L.M.T., 2010. Lactobacillus florum sp. nov., a fructophilic species
    isolated from flowers. IJSEM 60, 2478-2482.
  2. 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: D-fructose, D-glucose (gas production), and gluconate (weak reaction).

Negative results for nitrate reduction, catalase (usually negative but catalase activity is found in cells grown on FYP agar containing 5
% sheep blood), fermentation of: amygdalin, adonitol, L-arabinose, D-arabinose, L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, aesculin,
erythritol, D-fucose, L-fucose, galactose,  beta-gentiobiose, 2-ketogluconate, 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin,
lactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, trehalose
and D-xylose.
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