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Lactobacillus florum sp. nov., a fructophilic species isolated from flowers.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Oct 2010
Endo Akihito, Futagawa-Endo Yuka, Sakamoto Mitsuo, Kitahara Maki, Dicks Leon M T
Abstract excerpt
Three strains of fructophilic lactic acid bacteria were isolated from flowers in South Africa. The isolates formed a subcluster in the Lactobacillus buchneri phylogenetic group, closely related to Lactobacillus fructivorans, Lactobacillus homohiochii, Lactobacillus lindneri and Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis according to phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences. Levels of DNA-DNA relatedness...
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