RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Noda, Satoko A1 Sakamoto, Mitsuo A1 Aihara, Chihiro A1 Yuki, Masahiro A1 Katsuhara, Megumi A1 Ohkuma, MoriyaYR 2018 T1 Lactococcus termiticola sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the wood-feeding higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 68 IS 12 SP 3832 OP 3836 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003068 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A strain of lactic acid bacteria, designated NtB2T, isolated from the gut of the wood-feeding higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis, was characterized genetically and phenotypically. Strain NtB2T was related to Lactococcus lacti subsp. tructae JCM 31125T isolated from brown trout, showing 93.2 and 81.0 % similarity in 16S rRNA gene and rpoB gene sequences, respectively. Furthermore, genomic comparisons using pairwise average nucleotide identity analysis and the Genome-to-Genome Distance Calculator between strain NtB2T and L. lacti subsp. tructae JCM 31125T gave values of 81.0 and 23.2 %, respectively. Major cellular fatty acids produced by strain NtB2T were C18 : 1ω9c and C16 : 0. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type of strain NtB2T was A3α, Lys–Gly–Ser–Ala2. Based on the data presented, the isolate represents a novel species of the genus Lactococcus , for which the name Lactococcus termiticola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NtB2T (=JCM 32569T=DSM 107259T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003068