Lactobacillus porci
| Lactobacillus porci | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Lactobacillus |
| Species: | L. porci
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactobacillus porci Kim JS, et al 2018
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Lactobacillus porci is a species of bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus. Like other species in this genus, L. porci are gram-positive rods, non-spore forming and facultative anaerobic.[1] L. porci is non-motile, and catalase negative.[1]
Characteristics
Lactobacillus porci was first discovered in the small intestine of a pig in South Korea. The type strain was suspended in a sodium chloride dilution, then cultivated on de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MSR) agar and formed ivory-colored colonies under anaerobic conditions.[1] The species resides in the guts of mammals and insects such as bumblebees.[1]
Phylogenetic trees show that L. porci is closely related to strains and subspecies of L. delbrueckii.[1]
Biochemistry
L. porci can grow in anaerobic conditions and is capable of producing lactic acid from the fermentation of glucose.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Kim, Ji-Sun; Choe, Hanna; Kim, Kyung Mo; Lee, Yu-Ri; Rhee, Moon-Soo; Park, Doo-Sang (26 April 2019). "Lactobacillus porci sp. nov., isolated from small intestine of a swine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (10): 3118–3124. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002949. PMID 30117800.