| Lactobacillus (Levilactobacillus) yonginensis |
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus yonginensis Yi,
Yang, Lee, Park, Park, Shin, Kook and Yi, 2013.
Homotypic synonym: Levilactobacillus yonginensis (Yi et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020.
Yang, Lee, Park, Park, Shin, Kook and Yi, 2013.
Homotypic synonym: Levilactobacillus yonginensis (Yi et al. 2013) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are convex, cream-coloured, after 2 days of incubation at 30 ºC on MRS
agar. Can grow at 4-40 ºC (30 ºC optimum), pH 4.0-10.0, 0-7% NaCl. Facultative
anaerobic.
agar. Can grow at 4-40 ºC (30 ºC optimum), pH 4.0-10.0, 0-7% NaCl. Facultative
anaerobic.
Isolated from the Korean fermented food, Kimchi.
Undetermined.
- Techo S, Miyashita M, Shibata C, Tanaka N, Wisetkhan P, Visessanguan W and Tanasupawat S, 2013. Lactobacillus yonginensis
sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium with ginsenoside converting activity isolated from Kimchi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 63, 3274-3279. - 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. - Lin ST, Wang LT, Wang HM, Tamura T, Mori K, Huang L and Watanabe K, 2020. Lactobacillus suantsaicola sp. nov. and
Lactobacillus suantsaiihabitans sp. nov., isolated from suan-tsai, a traditional fermented mustard green product of Taiwan. Int J
Syst Evol Microbiol 70, 2972-2980.
Heterofermentative.
Biochemical description is based mostly on API 50 CH (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, fermentation of
L-arabinose, D-arabitol, esculin, D-fructose, galactose, D-glucose (with gas production), gluconate (without gas production),
N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, ribose, salicin, and D-xylose.
Negative results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, citrate utilization, cystine arylamidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin
hydrolysis, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), alpha-fucosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, gelatin hydrolysis, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxilase, alpha-mannosidase,
naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, ornithine decarboxilase, oxidase, trypsin, tryptophane deaminase, Voges-Proskauer test, urease,
fermentation of: adonitol, amygdalin, D-arabinose, L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, glycerol, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, gentibiose, glycogen, 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lactose, D-lyxose, mannose, D-mannitol,
melezitose, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, rhamnose, starch, sorbitol, L-sorbose, sucrose, D-tagatose,
turanose, trehalose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol and L-xylose.
Biochemical description is based mostly on API 50 CH (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, fermentation of
L-arabinose, D-arabitol, esculin, D-fructose, galactose, D-glucose (with gas production), gluconate (without gas production),
N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, ribose, salicin, and D-xylose.
Negative results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, citrate utilization, cystine arylamidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin
hydrolysis, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), alpha-fucosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, gelatin hydrolysis, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxilase, alpha-mannosidase,
naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, ornithine decarboxilase, oxidase, trypsin, tryptophane deaminase, Voges-Proskauer test, urease,
fermentation of: adonitol, amygdalin, D-arabinose, L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, glycerol, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, gentibiose, glycogen, 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lactose, D-lyxose, mannose, D-mannitol,
melezitose, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose, rhamnose, starch, sorbitol, L-sorbose, sucrose, D-tagatose,
turanose, trehalose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol and L-xylose.
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