Fructobacillus
Genus of bacteria
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Fructobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae.[1][2] It is a fructophilic lactic acid bacteria, indicating that it thrives better in fructose than in glucose and is characterized by its inability to produce ethanol.
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| Fructobacillus | |
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| Fructobacillus fructosus, formerly Leuconostoc fructosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Fructobacillus Endo and Okada 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008[1] | |
| Species[2] | |
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Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature[2][3] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences.[4]
