Lactobacillus terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus metriopterae

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019 Jun;69(6):1597-1600. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003364. Epub 2019 Mar 22.

Abstract

Lactobacillus metriopterae and Lactobacillus terrae are closely related, and they share 99.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, 98.4 % pheS gene sequence similarity, 99.6 % rpoA gene sequence similarity, 97.9 % average nucleotide identity value and 81.3 % in silico DNA-DNA hybridization value, showing that they have the same taxonomic position. L. terrae should be reclassified as L. metriopterae. L. terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of L. metriopterae.

Keywords: Lactobacillus; genome; lactic acid bacteria; reclassification.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Base Composition
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / chemistry
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Lactobacillus / classification*
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Peptidoglycan / chemistry
  • Phylogeny*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Fatty Acids
  • Peptidoglycan
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S