Companilactobacillus Zheng & Wittouck & Salvetti & Franz & Harris & Mattarelli & O'Toole & Pot & Vandamme & Walter & Watanabe & Wuyts & Felis & Gänzle & Lebeer 2020, GEN. NOV.
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinshui
name: Wittouck, Stijn
name: Salvetti, Elisa
name: Franz, Charles M. A. P.
name: Harris, Hugh M. B.
name: Mattarelli, Paola
name: O'Toole, Paul W.
name: Pot, Bruno
name: Vandamme, Peter
name: Walter, Jens
name: Watanabe, Koichi
name: Wuyts, Sander
name: Felis, Giovanna E.
name: Gänzle, Michael G.
name: Lebeer, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Bacteria
Firmicutes
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillaceae
Companilactobacillus

description: DESCRIPTION OF COMPANILACTOBACILLUS GEN. NOV.   
 Companilactobacillus (Com.pani.lac.to.ba.cil’lus. M. L. n. companio friend, partner; N.L. masc. n. Lactobacillus a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n.; Companilactobacillus, Companion-lactobacillus, the name refers to the association of Companilactobacillus species with other lactobacilli, particularly heterofermentative organisms, in cereal and vegetable fermentations [114]).   
 Companilactobacillus species are Gram-positive, homofermentative and non-spore-forming rods. Strains of Companilactobacillus were isolated from fermented vegetables, particularly fermented mustard or onion greens, and fruits (17 type strains; five of these from mustard or onion fermentations), sourdough or related cereal fermentations (7 type strains), sausages or meat (seven type strains) or other plant sources; one isolates was obtained from a fermented dairy product. Companilactobacillus appears not to be dominant in any of these fermentations but occurs consistently (type I sourdoughs and fermented mustard or onion greens) or occasionally (meat, salami). Companilactobacillus metriopterae was isolated from a grasshopper and forms and outgroup that differs with respect to genome size (C. metriopterae 1.50 Mbp; other species range from 2.17 to 2.9 Mbp); mol% G+C content of DNA (C. metriopterae 32.8; other species range from 34.1 to 38.6) and physiological properties. The temperature requirements for growth are inconsistent; all strains grow between 25 and 30 °C, most but not all species grow at 15 °C and some species grow at 45 °C. The fermentation of pentoses by Companilactobacillus is species- or strain-specific. Information on the ecology or lifestyle of companilactobacilli is scarce.   
 A phylogenetic tree on the basis of 16S rRNA genes of all species in the genus Companilactobacillus is provided in Fig. S6C.   
 The type species is Companilactobacillus alimentarius comb. nov.; Companilactobacillus was previously referred to as L. alimentarius group.
description: Published as part of Zheng, Jinshui, Wittouck, Stijn, Salvetti, Elisa, Franz, Charles M. A. P., Harris, Hugh M. B., Mattarelli, Paola, O'Toole, Paul W., Pot, Bruno, Vandamme, Peter, Walter, Jens, Watanabe, Koichi, Wuyts, Sander, Felis, Giovanna E., Gänzle, Michael G. & Lebeer, Sarah, 2020, A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae, pp. 2782-2858 in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70 (4) on pages 2802-2803, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004107, http://zenodo.org/record/10114954