Novel lactic acid bacteria isolated from the bumble bee gut: Convivina intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., Lactobacillus bombicola sp. nov., and Weissella bombi sp. nov.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1337-1349

  Praet, Jessy ^a   Meeus, Ivan ^b   Cnockaert, Margo ^a   Houf, Kurt ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Gut microbiota; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus; Leuconostocaceae; Weissella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LACTIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLALES; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WEISSELLA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLALES; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WEISSELLA;

EID: 84939959280     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0429-z     Document Type: Article

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