Ligilactobacillus


Ligilactobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria associated with vertebrate hosts, formed through the 2020 division of the Lactobacillus genus. Most of these homofermentative species are motile and express urease to survive gastric acids, making them popular choices for probiotics. The G/C content of this genus varies between 32.5-43.3%.

Species

The genus Ligilactobacillus comprises the following species:Ligilactobacillus acidipiscis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus agilis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus animalis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus apodemi Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus araffinosus Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus aviarius Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus ceti Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus equi Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus faecis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus hayakitensis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus murinus Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus pabuli Tohno et al. 2022Ligilactobacillus pobuzihii Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus ruminis Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus saerimneri Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus salitolerans Zheng et al. 2020Ligilactobacillus salivarius Zheng et al. 2020

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA sequences using Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 as an outgroup.