Lactobacillus senmaizukei
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, [Group C lactobacilli
(obligately heterofermentative)], Lactobacillus senmaizukei Hiraga, Ueno, Sukontasing, Tanasupawat and Oda 2008.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5-0.8 x 1.0-5.0 µm. Nonspore-forming. Nonmotile.
Facultatively anaerobic. Can grow at 30 and 15 ºC. No growth at 45 ºC. Can grow in 0
to 8% NaCl medium.
Isolated from senmaizuke, a Japanese traditional pickle from Kyoto, Japan.
Undetermined.
- Hiraga K., Ueno Y., Sukontasing S., Tanasupawat S. and Oda K., 2008. Lactobacillus senmaizukei sp. nov., isolated from
Japanese pickle. IJSEM 58, 1625-1629.
Obligately heterofermentative.
Positive results for fermentation of: N-acetylglucosamine (weak), aesculin, fructose
(weak), galactose, glucose (weak), gluconate (weak), 2-ketogluconate (weak), ribose
and D-xylose.
Negative results for arginine hydrolysis (NH3 from arginine), catalase, fermentation of: adonitol, amygdalin, D-arabitol, L-arabinose,
arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, gentibiose, 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, lyxose, maltose,
mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, sorbose, starch, sucrose, tagatose, trehalose,
turanose, xylitol, and L-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica