Lactobacillus (Ligilactobacilus) animalis
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus [Group B lactobacilli
(facultatively heterofermentative),
Lactobacillus salivarius phylogenetic-group], Lactobacillus animalis Dent and Wiliams 1983.

Homotypic synonym:
Ligilactobacillus animalis (Dent and Williams 1983) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods with rounded ends, 1.0-1.2 x 3-6 µm,  occuring singly or in pairs. Nonmotile.
Grows at temperature 15 ºC. No growth at 45 ºC.
Isolated from dental plaques and intestines of animals.
Undetermined.
  1. Hammes W.P. and Hertel C., 2009. Genus I. Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W.
    Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes,
    Springer, 465-511.
  2. 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.
Facultatively heterofermentative (hexoses are fermented almost exclusively to lactic acid by the Embden-Meyerhof pathway or, at least
by some species, to lactic acid, acetic acid, ethanol, and formic acid under glucose limitations; pentoses are  fermented to lactic acid
and acetic acid via an inducible phosphoketolase).

Positive results for fermentation of: cellobiose, esculin & melibiose.

Negative results for arginine hydrolysis, fermentation of: gluconate, mannitol, melezitose, sorbitol & xylose.

Variable results for  fermentation of: arabinose, raffinose & ribose.
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