@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1915, author = "Kim, J and Chun, J and Han, H U", title = "Leuconostoc kimchii sp. nov., a new species from kimchi.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2000", volume = "50", number = "5", pages = "1915-1919", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1915", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1915", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A Gram-positive, catalase-negative, facultatively anaerobic, coccus-shaped bacterium, designated IH25T, was isolated from kimchi, a traditional Korean vegetable product. Phylogenetic analysis based on almost complete 16S rDNA sequences placed the isolate in a monophyletic clade corresponding to the genus Leuconostoc. All validly described species in the genus Leuconostoc, with the exception of Leuconostoc fallax, showed high sequence identity of over 97%. The 16S rDNA sequence of strain IH25T showed the highest homology to those of Leuconostoc gelidum DSM 5578T (98.9%) and Leuconostoc citreum KCTC 3526T (98.3 %). However, DNA-DNA hybridization experiments indicated that the organism represents a novel genomic species in the genus, since the previously known leuconostocs share DNA homology with strain IH25T of less than 70%. In this work, it is proposed that isolate IH25T be classified in the genus Leuconostoc as Leuconostoc kimchii sp. nov. The type strain of Leuconostoc kimchii is IH25T (= KCTC 2386T = IMSNU 11154T).", }