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| Lactobacillus (Apilactobacillus) quenuiae |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus
quenuiae McFrederick, Vuong and Rothman 2018.
Homotypic synonym: Apilactobacillus quenuiae (McFrederick et al. 2018) Zheng et al. 2020.
quenuiae McFrederick, Vuong and Rothman 2018.
Homotypic synonym: Apilactobacillus quenuiae (McFrederick et al. 2018) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.3-0.4 / 0.9-2.3 µm. Non-spore-forming. Non-motile.
Colonies arewhite on MRS agar supplemented with 20% D-fructose. Facultative
anaerobe. Grows at 15-35 ºC (optimally at 30-35 ºC). Grows at pH 2.0-7.0.
anaerobe. Grows at 15-35 ºC (optimally at 30-35 ºC). Grows at pH 2.0-7.0.
Isolated from the gut of a sweat bee (Augochlorella pomoniella), USA and flowers. Resistant to ampicillin, kanamycin, vancomycin,
and chloramphenicol.
and chloramphenicol.
Undetermined.
Description is based mostly on API 50 CHL and API ZYM (bioMerieux) results / 4 days.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase C4 (weak activity), leucine arylamidase,
naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, acid production from D-fructose, glucose (without gas production) and sucrose.
Negative results for cystine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from adonitol, amygdalin, arbutin,
D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, D- and L-fucose, galactose, gentiobiose, gluconate, 2-
and 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, lactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose, melezitose,
N-acetylglucosamine, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methylalpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose,
rhamnose, ribose, salicin, L-sorbose, sorbitol, starch, D-tagatose, trehalose, turanose,methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and
L-xylose.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase C4 (weak activity), leucine arylamidase,
naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, acid production from D-fructose, glucose (without gas production) and sucrose.
Negative results for cystine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from adonitol, amygdalin, arbutin,
D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, D- and L-fucose, galactose, gentiobiose, gluconate, 2-
and 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, lactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose, melezitose,
N-acetylglucosamine, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, methylalpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose,
rhamnose, ribose, salicin, L-sorbose, sorbitol, starch, D-tagatose, trehalose, turanose,methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and
L-xylose.
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