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fermented soybean meal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 65, 101-106. - 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.
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| Lactobacillus (Companilactobacillus) formosensis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
formosensis Chang, Chen, Lee, Chang and Yu 2015.
Homotypic synonym: Companilactobacillus formosensis (Chang et al. 2015) Zheng et al. 2020.
formosensis Chang, Chen, Lee, Chang and Yu 2015.
Homotypic synonym: Companilactobacillus formosensis (Chang et al. 2015) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods.
Grows well anaerobically at 37 ºC on MRS agar. Facultative anaerobe. Grows at 20-45
ºC (37 ºC optimum). Can grow at pH 4.0 and in 12% NaCl media.
ºC (37 ºC optimum). Can grow at pH 4.0 and in 12% NaCl media.
Isolated from fermented soybean meal.
Undetermined.
Homofermentative.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL and API ZYM (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, esterase (C4), alpha- and beta-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, valine aminopeptidase, cysteine aminopeptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, acid production from
amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, galactose, gentiobiose, glucose (without gas production), lactose, maltose,
mannose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, raffinose, salicin, sucrose, turanose, and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, alpha-arabinosidase, catalase, esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), trypsin,
alpha-galactosidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-manosidase, acid production from adonitol, L- and D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol,
dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, gluconate, 2-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, mannitol, melibiose,
melezitose, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, rhamnose, ribose, starch, L-sorbose, sorbitol, D-tagatose,
methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL and API ZYM (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, esterase (C4), alpha- and beta-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, valine aminopeptidase, cysteine aminopeptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, acid production from
amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, galactose, gentiobiose, glucose (without gas production), lactose, maltose,
mannose, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, raffinose, salicin, sucrose, turanose, and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, alpha-arabinosidase, catalase, esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), trypsin,
alpha-galactosidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-manosidase, acid production from adonitol, L- and D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol,
dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, gluconate, 2-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, mannitol, melibiose,
melezitose, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, rhamnose, ribose, starch, L-sorbose, sorbitol, D-tagatose,
methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
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