RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Osawa, Ro A1 Fujisawa, Tomohiko A1 Pukall, RüdigerYR 2006 T1 Lactobacillus apodemi sp. nov., a tannase-producing species isolated from wild mouse faeces JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 56 IS 7 SP 1693 OP 1696 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64147-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-endospore-forming bacterium, strain ASB1T, able to degrade tannin, was isolated from faeces of the Japanese large wood mouse, Apodemus speciosus. Comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strain could be assigned as a member of the genus Lactobacillus. The nearest phylogenetic neighbours were determined as Lactobacillus animalis DSM 20602T (98.9 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Lactobacillus murinus ASF 361 (98.9 %). Subsequent polyphasic analysis, including automated ribotyping and DNA–DNA hybridization experiments, confirmed that the isolate represents a novel species, for which the name Lactobacillus apodemi sp. nov. is proposed. The DNA G+C content of the novel strain is 38.5 mol%. The cell-wall peptidoglycan is of type A4α l-lys–d-Asp. The type strain is ASB1T (=DSM 16634T=CIP 108913T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64147-0