Secundilactobacillus folii
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus,
Secundilactobacillus folii Phuengjayaem, Nuhwa, Phongsopitanun and Tanasupawat 2021.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5-0.6 x 1.2-4.1 µm. Nonspore-forming. Nonmotile.
Colonies are cream and convex. Facultatively anaerobic. Grows at 15-42 ºC, optimally
at 30 ºC. Grows at pH 3.5-8, optimally at pH 6.0. Grows in 1-4.0% NaCl media.
Isolated from fermented tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica) leaves, Thailand.
Undetermined.
  1. Phuengjayaem S, Nuhwa R, Phongsopitanun W and Tanasupawat S, 2021. Secundilactobacillus folii sp. nov., isolated from
    fermented tea leaves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004635.
Heterofermentative.
Species description is based mainly on API 50 CHL and API ZYM results.

Positive results for cystine arylamidase (weak), esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8) (weak), beta-glucosidase (weak),
beta-galactosidase (weak), beta-glucuronidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, valine arylamidase, fermentation of: L-arabinose,
D-fucose, D-fructose, galactose, glucose (acid and gas production), maltose, melibiose (weak), N-acetylglucosamine (weak), ribose,
and D-xylose.

Negative results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, arginine hydrolysis, casein hydrolysis, catalase, alpha-chymotrypsin,
alpha-fucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, leucine arylamidase, lipase (C14),
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, oxidase, starch hydrolysis, trypsin, Voges-Proskauer test,
fermentation of: adonitol, amygdalin, arbutin, D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, L- fucose,
gentiobiose, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, D-lyxose, mannitol, mannose, melezitose,
methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol,
L-sorbose, starch, sucrose, D-tagatose, trehalose, turanose, xylitol, L-xylose, and methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside.
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