Reference : Description of a new species, Bifidobacterium crudilactis sp. nov., isolated from raw mi...
Scientific journals : Article
Life sciences : Food science Life sciences : Microbiology
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/392
Life sciences : Biotechnology
Description of a new species, Bifidobacterium crudilactis sp. nov., isolated from raw milk and raw milk cheeses.
English
Delcenserie, Véronique[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Gestion de la qualité dans la chaîne alimentaire]
Gavini, Françoise[Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique > > Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Technologie Alimentaires > >]
Beerens, Henri[Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Microbiologie Pharmaceutique, Lille > > > >]
Tresse, O.[Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique > > Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés > >]
Franssen, Christine[Université de Liège - ULg > Sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires > >]
Daube, Georges[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires >]
[en] A new Bifidobacterium species is described based on the study of ten Gram-positive strains with fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase activity. They are part of a phenotypic group comprising 141 strains isolated from raw milk and raw milk cheeses in French raw milk cheese factories. This group was separated by a numerical analysis based on API 50CH, API 32A tests and growth at 46 degrees C. A strong similarity of 16S rRNA sequences (99.8%) was shown between strain FR62/b/3(T) and Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum LMG 21775(T). However, low DNA-DNA relatedness was observed between their DNAs (31%). The new isolates are able to grow at low temperatures (all ten strains up to 5 degrees C) and strain FR62/b/3(T) grows under aerobic conditions, as does B. psychraerophilum. However, contrary to B. psychraerophilum, they do not ferment L-arabinose, D-xylose, arbutin or melezitose, but they do acidify lactose. The DNA G+C content of FR62/b/3(T) is 56.4mol%. Therefore, the name Bifidobacterium crudilactis sp. nov. is proposed, with its type strain being FR62/b/3(T) (=LMG 23609(T)=CNCM I-3342(T)).
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