RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Phuengjayaem, Sukanya A1 Nuhwa, Ratthanatda A1 Phongsopitanun, Wongsakorn A1 Tanasupawat, SomboonYR 2021 T1 Secundilactobacillus folii sp. nov., isolated from fermented tea leaves in Thailand JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 71 IS 2 OP SP 004635 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004635 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming, and facultatively anaerobic strain CRM56-3T, isolated from fermented tea leaves collected from Chiang Rai province, Thailand, was characterized based on a polyphasic approach. The strain produced dl-lactic acid heterofermentatively from glucose. It grew at 15–42 °C (optimum at 30 °C), pH 3.5–8.0 (optimum pH 6.0) and in 1–4 % (w/v) NaCl. Strain CRM56-3T contained C16:0, C19:0 cyclo ω8c, and C18:1 ω7c, and/or C18:1 ω6c as major cellular fatty acids. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain CRM56-3T belongs to the genus Secundilactobacillus and was closely related to Secundilactobacillus odoratitofui DSM 19909T (99.2 %), S. collinoides JCM 1123T (98.9 %), and S. paracollinoides DSM 15502T (98.7 %). The draft genome of strain CRM56-3T contained 2681617 bp with 2413 coding sequences and DNA G+C content determined from genome sequence of 44.5 mol%. The digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) between strain CRM56-3T and S. odoratitofui DSM 19909T, S. collinoides JCM 1123T, and S. paracollinoides DSM 15502T were 19.5, 20.4, and 21.6 %, respectively. The average nucleotide identity (ANIm) and the average amino acid identity (AAI) between strain CRM56-3T and closely related strains were lower than 85.0 and 80.0 %, respectively. The strain CRM56-3T was clearly distinguished from related Secundilactobacillus species by its phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, and the draft genome analysis. Therefore, the strain represents a novel species of the genus Secundilactobacillus, for which the name of Secundilactobacillus folii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CRM56-3T (=JCM 34223T=LMG 31663T=TISTR 2851T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004635