Lactobacillus porci
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Lactobacillaceae
Genus: Lactobacillus
Species:
L. porci
Binomial name
Lactobacillus porci
Kim JS, et al 2018

Lactobacillus porci is a species of bacteria that falls within the Lactobacillus genus. Like other species in this genus, L. porci are gram-positive rods, non-spore forming and facultative anaerobic.[1] L. porci is non-motile, and catalase negative.[1]

Characteristics

Lactobacillus porci was first discovered in Korea from a pig's small intestine. The type strain was cultured from a part of the intestine, suspended in a sodium chloride dilution. L. porci grows on de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MSR) agar where if roms ivory colored colonies under anaerobic conditions.[1] The species of bacteria is located primarily in guts of mammals and insects.[1]

Phylogenetic trees show that L. porci is closely related to strains and subspecies of L. delbrueckii.[1]

Biochemistry

L. porci can grow in anaerobic conditions and is capable of producing lactic acid from fermentation of glucose. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kim, Ji-Sun; Choe, Hanna; Kim, Kyung Mo; Lee, Yu-Ri; Rhee, Moon-Soo; Park, Doo-Sang (26 April 2019). "Lactobacillus porci sp. nov., isolated from small intestine of a swine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (10): 3118–3124. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002949. PMID 30117800.
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