@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-37-4-437, author = "Dicks, L. M. T. and Van Vuuren, H. J. J.", title = "Relatedness of Heterofermentative Lactobacillus Species Revealed by Numerical Analysis of Total Soluble Cell Protein Patterns", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1987", volume = "37", number = "4", pages = "437-440", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-4-437", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-37-4-437", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Relatedness among strains of Lactobacillus buchneri, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus hilgardii, Lactobacillus confusus, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus cellobiosus, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus collinoides, Lactobacillus fructivorans, Lactobacillus kandleri, and Lactobacillus viridescens was determined by computerized comparison of total soluble cell protein patterns. Two related subgroups of L. buchneri were obtained: the first comprised a tight cluster of strains ATCC 11579 and ATCC 9460 with neotype strain ATCC 4005, and the second contained strains ATCC 12936, ATCC 12935, and ATCC 11307. L. brevis ATCC 13648, ATCC 4006, ATCC 367, and ATCC 8287 appear to be related to the neotype strain of L. brevis (ATCC 14869), L. brevis ATCC 11577 to L. hilgardii, and L. confusus ATCC 27646 to L. brevis ATCC 367 and ATCC 8287. L. brevis ATCC 14434 and L. cellobiosus ATCC 11740 were originally misclassified. The protein patterns of these strains did not resemble those of any of the other named lactobacilli which were examined. Our findings support the reclassification of L. brevis ATCC 8007 as Lactobacillus kefir, L. cellobiosus ATCC 11739 as L. fermentum, and L. fermentum ATCC 23272 as L. reuteri. L. collinoides, L. fructivorans, L. hilgardii, L. kandleri, L. reuteri, and L. viridescens are distinct, separate species.", }