Tetragenococcus koreensis sp. nov., a novel rhamnolipid-producing bacterium Lee, Myungjin and Kim, Myung Kyum and Vancanneyt, Marc and Swings, Jean and Kim, Seong-Hye and Kang, Myung Suk and Lee, Sung-Taik,, 55, 1409-1413 (2005), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63448-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A Gram-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming coccus (strain JST) was isolated from kimchi (a traditional Korean food) and investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity between strain JST and its closest relative, Tetragenococcus halophilus IAM 1676T, was 98·1 %. The level of DNA–DNA relatedness between the two strains was 9·7 %. Strain JST had a DNA G+C content of 38·3 % and a cellular fatty acid profile containing 16 : 0, 18 : 1 and cyclo fatty acids. Phylogenetic data and genomic and phenotypic features demonstrated that strain JST represents a novel species, for which the name Tetragenococcus koreensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JST (=KCTC 3924T=DSM 16501T=LMG 22864T)., language=, type=