RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 De Bruyne, Katrien A1 Franz, Charles M. A. P. A1 Vancanneyt, Marc A1 Schillinger, Ulrich A1 Mozzi, Fernanda A1 de Valdez, Graciela Font A1 De Vuyst, Luc A1 Vandamme, PeterYR 2008 T1 Pediococcus argentinicus sp. nov. from Argentinean fermented wheat flour and identification of Pediococcus species by pheS, rpoA and atpA sequence analysis JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 58 IS 12 SP 2909 OP 2916 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65833-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-positive, small coccus-shaped lactic acid bacterium, strain LMG 23999T, was isolated from Argentinean wheat flour. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the phylogenetic position of the novel strain was within the genus Pediococcus, with Pediococcus stilesii, Pediococcus pentosaceus and Pediococcus acidilactici as its closest relatives (97.7, 97.3 and 96.9 % gene sequence similarity, respectively). Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting of whole genomes and whole-cell protein electrophoresis confirmed the unique taxonomic status of the novel strain. DNA–DNA hybridizations, DNA G+C content determination, comparative sequence analysis of the pheS, rpoA and atpA genes and physiological and biochemical characterization demonstrated that strain LMG 23999T (=CCUG 54535T=CRL 776T) represents a novel species for which the name Pediococcus argentinicus sp. nov. is proposed. Multi-locus sequence analysis based on pheS, rpoA and atpA genes was found to be a suitable method for the identification of species of the genus Pediococcus., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65833-0