title: Lactobacillus paraplantarum sp. now., a new species related to Lactobacillus plantarum.
abstract: Four strains of facultatively heterofermentative lactobacilli isolated from beer and human feces have physiological characteristics similar to those of Lactobacillus plantarum. Unlike 66% of the L. plantarum strains tested (F. Bringel, M.-C. Curk, and J.-C. Hubert, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46:588-594, 1996), these strains do not catabolize alpha-methyl-D-mannoside. However, because they exhibit little DNA relatedness to L. plantarum and Lactobacillus pentosus, these four strains were classified as members of a new species, Lactobacillus paraplantarum; strain CNRZ 1885 (= CIP 104668) is the type strain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique, URA Centre National de la Recherche Scientific D 1481, Institut de Botanique, 67083 Strasborg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Curk
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bringel
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001515:Beer / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008766:Methylmannosides / Q000378:metabolism; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008766:Methylmannosides; C008466:methylmannoside