%0 Journal Article %A Leisner, J J %A Vancanneyt, M %A Goris, J %A Christensen, H %A Rusul, G %T Description of Paralactobacillus selangorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new lactic acid bacterium isolated from chili bo, a Malaysian food ingredient. %D 2000 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 50 %N 1 %P 19-24 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-1-19 %I Microbiology Society, %X Paralactobacillus selangorensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is described. This organism, isolated from a Malaysian food ingredient called chili bo, is an obligatory homofermentative, rod-shaped lactic acid bacterium. The G+C content is 46.1-46.2+/-0.3 mol%. Earlier 16S rRNA studies showed that this organism constitutes a new taxon distantly related to the Lactobacillus casei-Pediococcus group. A phenotypic description that distinguishes Paralactobacillus selangorensis from other genera of lactic acid bacteria is presented. The type strain of Paralactobacillus selangorensis is LMG 17710T. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-50-1-19