title: Reclassification of Leuconostoc argentinum as a later synonym of Leuconostoc lactis.
abstract: Leuconostoc argentinum, Leuconostoc lactis and ten related strains from Romanian dairy products formed a single cluster, clearly separated from other Leuconostoc species, after numerical analysis of repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR patterns, whole-cell protein profiles (SDS-PAGE) and fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) band patterns. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed a very high similarity between both type strains and representative dairy isolates (>99.6 %). DNA-DNA hybridization experiments revealed high relatedness values between the type strains of L. argentinum and L. lactis and between these strains and representative Romanian strains. These data and the lack of phenotypic distinctive characteristics demonstrate that L. argentinum and L. lactis are synonymous.
authors.affiliation: BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Marc.Vancanneyt@UGent.be
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vancanneyt
authors.forename: Medana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamfir
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Wachter
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cleenwerck
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoste
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dellaglio
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Vuyst
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swings
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012383:Romania; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S