Lactobacillus acidipiscis sp nov and Weissella thailandensis sp nov., isolated from fermented fish in Thailand

Eleven strains of homofermentative, rod-shaped lactic acid bacteria and fiv e strains of heterofermentative, sphere-shaped lactic acid bacteria were is olated from fermented fish (pla-ra and pla-chom) in Thailand, They were ide ntified as new species and named Lactobacillus acidipiscis sp. nov, and Wei ssella thailandensis sp. nov., respectively, on the basis of phylogenetic a nalysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences, DNA relatedness and phenotypic char acteristics. The type strain of L. acidipiscis is FS60-1(T)(= PCU 207(T) = NRIC 0300(T) = HsCC 1411(T) = JCM 10692(T) = TISTR 1386(T))and the type str ain of Weissella thailandensis is FS61-1(T) (= PCU 210(T) = NRIC 0298(T) = HSCC 1412(T) = JCM 10695(T) = TISTR 1384(T)).