Leuconostoc mesenteroides classification

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Kingdom: Bacteria

Division: Firmicutes

Class: Bacilli

Order: Lactobacillales

Family: Leuconostocaceae

Genus: Leuconostoc

Species: L. mesenteroides

Binomial name

Leuconostoc mesenteroides

While Leuconostoc mesenteroides is the main name, the species is also known as many other strains. Such are:

• Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides strain ATCC 8293
• Leuconostoc mesenteroides (subsp. cremoris)
• Betacoccus cremoris (X form)
• Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextranicum
• Betacoccus bovis

• Lactococcus dextranicus

 Leuconostoec mesenteroides is gram positive, facultative anaerobe. Also L. mesenteroides is a non-motile, or not able to move independently andspontaneously. L. mesenteroides is also asporogenous, or not able to produce spores.

Like most latic acid bacteria, L. mesenteroides is heterorophic.