LACTOBACILLUS-KEFIRGRANUM SP-NOV AND LACTOBACILLUS-PARAKEFIR SP-NOV, 2 NEW SPECIES FROM KEFIR GRAINS

Authors
TAKIZAWA S KOJIMA S TAMURA S FUJINAGA S BENNO Y NAKASE T
Citation
S. Takizawa et al., LACTOBACILLUS-KEFIRGRANUM SP-NOV AND LACTOBACILLUS-PARAKEFIR SP-NOV, 2 NEW SPECIES FROM KEFIR GRAINS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 44(3), 1994, pp. 435-439
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
International journal of systematic bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
435 - 439
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1994)44:3<435:LSALS2>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Twelve strains of homofermentative lactobacilli and two strains of het erofermentative lactobacilli were isolated from kefir grains by using R-CW agar medium. The physiological and biochemical characteristics, D NA guanine-plus-cytosine contents, and levels of DNA-DNA relatedness o f these isolates and previously described lactobacilli were compared. Our results indicated that two new species, Lactobacillus kefirgranum and Lactobacillus parakefir, could be distinguished. The type strain o f L. kefirgranum sp. nov. is GCL 1701 (= JCM 8572), and the type strai n of L. parakefir sp. nov. is GCL 1731 (= JCM 8573).