Leuconostoc citreum

Leuconostoc citreum is a vancomycin-resistant, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium, with type strain NCDO 1837.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

Leuconostoc citreum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Leuconostocaceae
Genus:
Leuconostoc
Species:
L. citreum

Farrow et al. 1989
Binomial name
Leuconostoc citreum

References
  1. Farrow, J. A. E.; Facklam, R. R.; Collins, M. D. (1989). "Nucleic Acid Homologies of Some Vancomycin-Resistant Leuconostocs and Description of Leuconostoc citreum sp. nov. and Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 39 (3): 279–283. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-3-279. ISSN 0020-7713.
  2. Kim, J. F.; Jeong, H.; Lee, J.-S.; Choi, S.-H.; Ha, M.; Hur, C.-G.; Kim, J.-S.; Lee, S.; Park, H.-S.; Park, Y.-H.; Oh, T. K. (2008). "Complete Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc citreum KM20". Journal of Bacteriology. 190 (8): 3093–3094. doi:10.1128/JB.01862-07. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 2293239. PMID 18281406.

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