The genera Leuconostoc, Oenococcus and Weissella—typical lactic acid bacteria (LAB)—
genoand phenotypically most closely resemble the genus Lactobacillus in that all …

The genus Leuconostoc is phenotypically related to Lactobacillus and Pediococcus
(Stackebrandt et al., 1983; Stackebrandt and Teuber, 1988) and share many features with …

Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA sequences shows that the following species of lactic acid
bacteria: Lactobacillus confusus, L. halotolerans, L. kandleri, L. minor, L. viridescens …

Application of molecular genetic techniques to determine the relatedness of food-associated
lactic acid bacteria has resulted in significant changes in their taxonomic classification …

Summary DNA-DNA and DNA-rRNA hybridizations were carried out with the type strains of
all known Leuconostoc species and the taxonomically exceptional species of the …

Publisher Summary The genus, Leuconostoc, comprises six species, but there is evidence
that these should be reduced to four. If this is accepted, both Leuconostoc dextranicum and …

The phylogenetic interrelationships of members of the genus Leuconostoc and some
heterofermentative lactobacili, which phenotypically resemble leuconostocs, were …

The genus Weissella was formed by including four former lactobacilli and Leuconostoc
paramesenteroides together with Weissella hellenica. Currently the genus comprises 12 …

Defining the scope of this text was a difficult task in practice, although it seemed simple
when it was first proposed. Twenty years ago, when the first Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) …

Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. helveticus, L. lactis, L. brevis, L. plantarum, L. ruminis, L. casei,
L. bifermentans, L. viridescens, L. fermentum, Pediococcus pentosaceus and Leuconostoc …