RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Techo, Sujitra A1 Miyashita, Mika A1 Shibata, Chiyo A1 Tanaka, Naoto A1 Wisetkhan, Preeyarach A1 Visessanguan, Wonnop A1 Tanasupawat, SomboonYR 2016 T1 Lactobacillus ixorae sp. nov., isolated from a flower (West-Indian jasmine) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 12 SP 5500 OP 5505 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001547 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, lactic acid bacterium, strain Ru20-1T, was isolated from a flower (West-Indian jasmine) collected from Kalasin province, Thailand. A polyphasic approach was used to determine the taxonomic position of this strain. Studies of morphological and biochemical characteristics revealed that strain Ru20-1T belonged to the genus Lactobacillus . The strain was heterofermentative, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped. It produced dl-lactic acid. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, this strain was closely related to Lactobacillus lindneri LMG 14528T (96.8 %), Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis NRIC 1548T (95.4 %) and Lactobacillus florum NRIC 0771T (95.2 %), respectively. In addition, the pheS gene sequence of strain Ru20-1T was closely related to those of L. sanfranciscensis NRIC 1548T (92.0 %), L. lindneri LMG 14528T (89.0 %) and L. florum NRIC 0771T(85.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that strain Ru20-1T was clearly separated from closely related species of the genus Lactobacillus . The DNA G+C content of strain Ru20-1T was 47.8 mol %. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type was l-Lys–d-Asp. The major cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω9c, C20 : 0, C20 : 1ω9c and summed feature 7 (unknown 18.846 and/or C19 : 1ω6c and/or C19 : 0 cyclo). On the basis of the data provided, strain Ru20-1T represents a novel species of the genus Lactobacillus , for which the name Lactobacillus ixorae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Ru20-1T (=LMG 29008T=NBRC 111239T=PCU 346T=TISTR 2381T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001547