%0 Journal Article %A CURK, MARIE-CHRISTINE %A HUBERT, JEAN-CLAUDE %A BRINGEL, FRANÇOISE %T Lactobacillus paraplantarum sp. nov., a New Species Related to Lactobacillus plantarum %D 1996 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 46 %N 2 %P 595-598 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-2-595 %I Microbiology Society, %X Four strains of facultatively heterofermentative lactobacilli isolated from beer and human feces have physiological characteristics similar to those of Lactobacillus plantarum. Unlike 66% of the L. plantarum strains tested (F. Bringel, M.-C. Curk, and J.-C. Hubert, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46:588–594, 1996), these strains do not catabolize α-methyl-d-mannoside. However, because they exhibit little DNA relatedness to L. plantarum and Lactobacillus pentosus, these four strains were classified as members of a new species, Lactobacillus paraplantarum; strain CNRZ 1885 (= CIP 104668) is the type strain. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-46-2-595