Lactobacillus sharpeae sp.nov. and Lactobacillus agilis sp.nov., two new species of homofermentative, meso-diaminopimelic acid-containing lactobacilli isolated from sewage

Abstract

Of 477 strains of lactobacilli isolated from municipal sewage 30 homofermentative, L( + )-lactic acid producing strains containing meso-diaminopimelic acid in their cell walls could not be allotted to one of the so-far described species when in a first attempt of identification a limited number of key criteria was applied. Taxonomic studies including DNA-DNA hybridization led to the description of two new species, namely Lactobacillus sharpeae sp.nov. and Lactobacillus agilis sp.nov.