title: Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. indicus subsp. nov., isolated from Indian dairy products.
abstract: Four strains isolated from Indian dairy products and initially identified as Lactobacillus delbrueckii could not be assigned to a definite subspecies because molecular identification and phenotypic traits did not agree with those of recognized subspecies of L. delbrueckii. Hybridization of total DNA (78-86 % against type strains of the other three subspecies), AFLP and RAPD-PCR fingerprints, phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and sequence analysis of two coding genes (recA and hsp60), together with phenotypic profiles, indicated that the four strains form a coherent cluster and represent a novel subspecies, for which the name Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. indicus subsp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NCC725T (=LMG 22083T=DSM 15996T).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF. NN., Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dellaglio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF. NN., Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Felis
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF. NN., Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castioni
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF. NN., Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torriani
authors.affiliation: Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jacques-Edouard
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Germond
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007194:India; D048668:Lactobacillus delbrueckii / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D011938:Rec A Recombinases