| Lactobacillus (Liquorilactobacillus) sicerae |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus,
Lactobacillus sicerae Puertas, Arahal, Ibarburu, Elizaquivel, Aznar and Duenas 2014.
Homotypic synonym: Liquorilactobacillus sicerae (Puertas et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020.
Lactobacillus sicerae Puertas, Arahal, Ibarburu, Elizaquivel, Aznar and Duenas 2014.
Homotypic synonym: Liquorilactobacillus sicerae (Puertas et al. 2014) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.4-0.6/2.0-3.4 µm, occurring singly, in pairs and in short chains.
Motile by polar flagella. Non-spore-forming.
Motile by polar flagella. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are white, rubbery and bright, 1 mm in diameter after 6 days of incubation at
28oC on MRS agar. Grows at 15-45 ºC. No growth in 5% NaCl. Grows at pH 3.7-8.0.
Facultative anaerobic.
28oC on MRS agar. Grows at 15-45 ºC. No growth in 5% NaCl. Grows at pH 3.7-8.0.
Facultative anaerobic.
Isolated from a ropy natural cider, in Spain.
Undetermined.
- Puertas AI, Arahal DR, Ibarburu I, Elizaquivel P, Aznar R and Duenas MT, 2014. Lactobacillus sicerae sp. nov., a lactic acid
bacterium isolated from Spanish natural cider. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64, 2949-2955. - 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.
Obligately homofermentative.
Description is based on API 50 CHL results.
Positive results for the fermentation of arbutin, D-fructose, galactose, glucose (without gas production), lactose, maltose (weakly),
mannose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, salicin, sucrose, D-tagatose, and trehalose.
Negative results for arginine hydrolysis, catalase, esculin hydrolysis,
fermentation of adonitol, amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, L- and D-fucose,
gentiobiose, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, mannitol, melezitose, melibiose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, turanose, xylitol, D- and
L-xylose, N-acetylglucosamine, and methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside.
Description is based on API 50 CHL results.
Positive results for the fermentation of arbutin, D-fructose, galactose, glucose (without gas production), lactose, maltose (weakly),
mannose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, salicin, sucrose, D-tagatose, and trehalose.
Negative results for arginine hydrolysis, catalase, esculin hydrolysis,
fermentation of adonitol, amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, esculin, L- and D-fucose,
gentiobiose, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, mannitol, melezitose, melibiose, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-xyloside, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, turanose, xylitol, D- and
L-xylose, N-acetylglucosamine, and methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside.
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