%0 Journal Article %A Liang, Zhi-Qi %A Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj %A Kim, Yeon-Ju %A Kim, Ho-Bin %A Wang, Hong-Tao %A Yang, Deok-Chun %T Lactobacillus kimchicus sp. nov., a β-glucosidase-producing bacterium isolated from kimchi %D 2011 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 61 %N 4 %P 894-897 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.017418-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A Gram-reaction-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, non-motile, β-glucosidase-producing bacterium, designated DCY51T, was isolated from kimchi, a Korean fermented vegetable food. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain DCY51T belonged to the genus Lactobacillus and exhibited highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Lactobacillus paracollinoides AB 74 (96.9 %), L. similis JCM 2765T (96.9 %), L. collinoides JCM 1123T (96.7 %) and L. hilgardii DSM 20176T (95.5 %). Subsequently, pheS sequence analysis confirmed that strain DCY51T formed a distinct lineage within the Lactobacillus plantarum group. The major polar lipid of strain DCY51T was phosphatidylethanolamine and minor amounts of phosphatidylglycerol and diphosphatidylglycerol were found. Phenotypic characteristics and DNA–DNA relatedness indicated that strain DCY51T was clearly distinguished from other type strains of species of the genus Lactobacillus. A novel species, Lactobacillus kimchicus sp. nov., is proposed, with type strain DCY51T ( = KCTC 12976T  = JCM 15530T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.017418-0