Ligilactobacillus, Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O’Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer, 2020

Zheng, Jinshui, Wittouck, Stijn, Salvetti, Elisa, Franz, Charles M. A. P., Harris, Hugh M. B., Mattarelli, Paola, O’Toole, Paul W., Pot, Bruno, Vandamme, Peter, Walter, Jens, Watanabe, Koichi, Wuyts, Sander, Felis, Giovanna E., Gänzle, Michael G. & Lebeer, Sarah, 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, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70, pp. 2782-2858 : 2821

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004107
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4728622
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scientific name	Ligilactobacillus
status	gen. nov.

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DESCRIPTIONOF LIGILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV.

Ligilactobacillus (Li.gi.lac.to.ba.cil'lus. L. v. ligare to tie, unite; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus abacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Ligilactobacillus a lactobacillus with a host-associated life style).

Speciesof Ligilactobacillus are homofermentative, their mol% G+C contentisbetween 32.5 and 43.3. Several Ligilactobacillus species include strains that are motile. Most Ligilactobacillus species have been isolated from animals and humans and are adaptedto vertebratehosts. Severalstrains of Ligilactobacillus express urease, this enzymeis the mostpowerful bacterial tool to withstand gastric acidity; in lactobacilli, urease activity is associated with a vertebrate host-adapted lifestyle [ 210, 211]. Several Ligilactobacillus species also commonly occur in fermentedfoods and are usedcommercially as startercultures or probiotic cultures.

Aphylogenetic tree on the basis of 16S rRNA genes of all species inthe genus Ligilactobacillus isprovided in Figure S6J View Fig .

The type species is Ligilactobacillus salivarius comb. nov.; Ligilactobacillus was previously referred to as L. salivarius group.

References

210. Kakimoto S, Okazaki K, Sakane T, Imai K, Sumino Y et al. Isolation and taxonomie characterization of acid urease-producing bacteria. Agric Biol Chem 1989; 53: 1111 - 1117.

211. Krumbeck JA, Marsteller NL, Frese SA, Peterson DA, Ramer- Tait AE et al. Characterization of the ecologica l role of genes mediating acid resistance in L actobacillus reuteri during colonization of the gastrointestina l tract. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18: 2172 - 2184.

Figures

Fig. 6. Gene family presence/absence patterns in Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Each column represents a gene family presence/absence pattern in species of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostoaceae, where presence is indicated with a dot. The absolute number of gene families that conform to each pattern is visualized in the marginal bar plot at the top. Separations between phylogroups are indicated with horizontal black lines. We defined genes that were present in all genomes of a clade and in none of the genomes outside of that clade as ‘signature genes’ (dark blue); other genes are shown in light blue. Only presence/absence patterns followed by four or more gene families are shown. Patterns of presence in a single species or all species are not shown. Unassigned species are clusters of closely related genomes which could not be assigned to a known species due to low whole-genome similarity to a type strain and/or low 16S rRNA similarity to a type strain.