Fructobacillus

Fructobacillus
Fructobacillus fructosus, formerly Leuconostoc fructosum
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Fructobacillus

Endo and Okada 2008[2]
Type species
Fructobacillus fructosus
(Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008[2]
Species[3]
  • Fructobacillus durionis (Leisner et al. 2005) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus ficulneus (Antunes et al. 2002) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus (Chambel et al. 2006) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus tropaeoli Endo et al. 2011

Fructobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae.[2][3] It is a fructophilic lactic acid bacteria, indicating that it thrives better in fructose than in glucose and is characterized by its inability to produce ethanol.

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  2. ^ a b c Endo A, Okada S (2008). "Reclassification of the genus Leuconostoc and proposals of Fructobacillus fructosus gen. nov., comb. nov., Fructobacillus durionis comb. nov., Fructobacillus ficulneus comb. nov. and Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus comb. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 58 (Pt 9): 2195–2205. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65609-0. PMID 18768629.
  3. ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Fructobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved July 1, 2021.