Motility in Periweissella Species: Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization and Update on Motility in Lactobacillaceae.

ABSTRACT: The genus Weissella and the recently described genus Periweissella, to which some previously named Weissella species have been reclassified as a result of a taxogenomic assessment, includes lactic acid bacteria species with high biotechnological and probiotic potential. Only one species, namely, Periweissella (P.) beninensis, whose type strain has been shown to possess probiotic features, has so far been described to be motile. However, the availability of numerous genome sequences of Weissella and Periweissella species prompted the possibility to screen for the presence of the genetic determinants encoding motility in Weissella and Periweissellas spp. other than P. beninensis. Herein, we performed a comprehensive

SUBMITTER: Fanelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature