Biology:Lactobacillus kimchii

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Lactobacillus kimchii
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Lactobacillales
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L. kimchii
Binomial name
Lactobacillus kimchii
Yoon et al. 2000

Lactobacillus kimchii is a bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus. It is named for and found in the Korean fermented-vegetable food kimchi.

The cells of L. kimchii are short, slender and rod-shaped. The bacterium is Gram-positive, non-spore-forming and non-motile.[1]

References

Further reading

Pang, Huili; Kitahara, Maki; Tan, Zhongfang; Wang, Yanping; Qin, Guangyong; Ohkuma, Moriya; Cai, Yimin (18 November 2011). "Reclassification of Lactobacillus kimchii and Lactobacillus bobalius as later subjective synonyms of Lactobacillus paralimentarius". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62 (Part 10): 2383–2387. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.035329-0. PMID 22140166. 

Pang, Huili; Kitahara, Maki; Tan, Zhongfang; Wang, Yanping; Qin, Guangyong; Ohkuma, Moriya; Cai, Yimin (October 2012). "Reclassification of Lactobacillus kimchii and Lactobacillus bobalius as later subjective synonyms of Lactobacillus paralimentarius". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62 (Pt 10): 2383–2387. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.035329-0. PMID 22140166. http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=3BvyogJyYxN99IYjkSd&page=1&doc=6. Retrieved 13 November 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q636883 entry