Levilactobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria.[1][2]

Levilactobacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Lactobacillaceae
Genus: Levilactobacillus
Zheng et al. 2020[1]
Type species
Levilactobacillus brevis
(Orla-Jensen 1919) Zheng et al. 2020[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • "Betabacterium" Orla-Jensen 1919

Species edit

The genus Levilactobacillus comprises the following species:[2]

Phylogeny edit

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, Watanabe K, Wuyts S, Felis GE, Gänzle MG, Lebeer S. (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 Evol Microbiol. 70 (4): 2782–2858. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004107. hdl:10067/1738330151162165141. PMID 32293557.
  2. ^ a b c Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Levilactobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved July 1, 2021.