%0 Journal Article %A MORI, KATSUMI %A YAMAZAKI, KOJI %A ISHIYAMA, TOMOHARU %A KATSUMATA, MASAHIRO %A KOBAYASHI, KAYO %A KAWAI, YUJI %A INOUE, NORIO %A SHINANO, HARUO %T Comparative Sequence Analyses of the Genes Coding for 16S rRNA of Lactobacillus casei-Related Taxa %D 1997 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 47 %N 1 %P 54-57 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-1-54 %I Microbiology Society, %X The primary structures of the 16S rRNA genes of the type strains of Lactobacillus casei and related taxa were determined by PCR DNA-sequencing methods. The sequences of Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus zeae, Lactobacillus paracasei, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus were different. The K nuc values ranged from 0.0040 to 0.0126. On the basis of the K nuc values and the levels of DNA-DNA relatedness among the strains of these species, the L. casei-related taxa should be classified in the following three species: L. zeae, which includes the type strains of L. zeae and L. casei; a species that includes the strains of L. paracasei and L. casei ATCC 334; and L. rhamnosus. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-1-54