Open AccessLactobacillus terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of Lactobacillus metriopterae
Author(s) -
Wei Zhao,
Chun Tao Gu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.003364
Subject(s) - biology , synonym (taxonomy) , lactobacillus , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , zoology , genetics , genus
Lactobacillus metriopterae and Lactobacillus terrae are closely related, and they share 99.5 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, 98.4 % pheS gene sequence similarity, 99.6 % rpoA gene sequence similarity, 97.9 % average nucleotide identity value and 81.3 % in silico DNA-DNA hybridization value, showing that they have the same taxonomic position. L. terrae should be reclassified as L. metriopterae. L. terrae is a later heterotypic synonym of L. metriopterae.