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consisted of strains isolated from traditional fermented vegetables ‘Suan cai’ in Harbin, Northeastern China and Lactobacillus
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genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae.
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Lactobacillus (Schleiferilactobacillus) harbinensis
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
harbinensis Miyamoto, Seto, Hao, Teshima, Sun, Kabuki, Yao and Nakajima, 2006.
Homotypic synonym: Schleiferilactobacillus harbinensis (Miyamoto et al. 2006) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5 / 2.5 µm. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
Growth temperature range is 20-45 ºC, optimally at 37 ºC. Facultative anaerobic.
Isolated from fermented vegetables, brewery environment and spoiled soft drinks.
Undetermined.
Facultative heterofermentative.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL (bioMerieux) results.
Positive results for gelatin hydrolysis, acid production from amygdalin, arbutin, D- and
L-arabinose, cellobiose, esculin, D-fructose, galactose, gentiobiose, glucose (without gas production), gluconate (with gas
production), 2- and 5-ketogluconate (weak reactions), glycerol, lactose, maltose, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, raffinose, salicin, sucrose, D-tagatose, trehalose, turanose, and N-acetylglucosamine.
Negative results for arginine deamination, catalase, nitrate reduction, acid production from adonitol, D- and L-arabitol, dulcitol,
erythritol, D-fucose, glycogen, inositol, D-lyxose, mannitol, rhamnose, ribose, L-sorbose, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, xylitol, and L-xylose.
Variable results for acid production from L-fucose, inulin, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, starch, sorbitol, D-xylose and methyl
beta-D-xylopyranoside.
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