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Pediococcus stilesii sp. nov., isolated from maize grains

¹ Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Institute for Hygiene and Toxicology, Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
² BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

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Charles M. A. P. Franz
Charles.Franz{at}bfe.uni-karlsruhe.de

A Gram-positive, coccus-shaped, lactic acid bacterium, strain LMG 23082^T, was isolated from steeped maize grains. The organism is homofermentative and produces D- and L-lactic acid from glucose. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the organism belongs to the genus Pediococcus, with Pediococcus pentosaceus and Pediococcus acidilactici as nearest neighbours. Genotypic fingerprinting, whole-cell protein electrophoresis, DNA–DNA hybridizations and physiological and biochemical tests allowed differentiation of strain LMG 23082^T from other established Pediococcus species. A remarkable feature was that, unlike other pediococci, this bacterium was capable of growth at pH 9·0. The strain studied represents a novel species for which the name Pediococcus stilesii sp. nov. is proposed with the type strain LMG 23082^T (=BFE 1652^T=FAIR-E 180^T=CCUG 51290^T), the only currently known isolate of the species.

Published online ahead of print on 23 September 2005 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63944-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of LMG 23082^T is AJ973157.

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