Leuconostoc citreum explained

Leuconostoc citreum is a vancomycin-resistant, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium, with type strain NCDO 1837.^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Further reading

• Weng. P.F.. Wu. Z.F.. Lei. L.L.. Predictive Models for Growth ofLeuconostoc citreumand Its Dynamics in Pickled Vegetables with Low Salinity. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 36. 3. 2013. 284–291. 0145-8876. 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2012.00690.x. free.
• Choi IK, Jung SH, Kim BJ, Park SY, Kim J, Han HU . Novel Leuconostoc citreum starter culture system for the fermentation of kimchi, a fermented cabbage product. . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek . 2003 . 84 . 4 . 247–53 . 14574101 . 10.1023/A:1026050410724 . 19141910 .
• Jofré M. Leonor. Sakurada Z. Andrea. Ulloa F. M. Teresa. Hormázabal O. J. Carlos. Godoy M. Viviana. Fernández O. Jorge. Gutiérrez M. Marcela. Monteverde O. M. Pilar. Castillo G. Marcela. Canales P. Ana. Infección por Leuconostoc en pacientes con síndrome de intestino corto, nutrición parenteral y alimentación enteral continua. Revista chilena de infectología. 23. 4. 2006. 340–5. 0716-1018. 10.4067/S0716-10182006000400008. 17186082. free.

External links

• LPSN
  • Type strain of Leuconostoc citreum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Farrow. J. A. E.. Facklam. R. R.. Collins. M. D.. Nucleic Acid Homologies of Some Vancomycin-Resistant Leuconostocs and Description of Leuconostoc citreum sp. nov. and Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 39. 3. 1989. 279–283. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-39-3-279. free.
2. Kim. J. F.. Jeong. H.. Lee. J.-S.. Choi. S.-H.. Ha. M.. Hur. C.-G.. Kim. J.-S.. Lee. S.. Park. H.-S.. Park. Y.-H.. Oh. T. K.. Complete Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc citreum KM20. Journal of Bacteriology. 190. 8. 2008. 3093–3094. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.01862-07. 18281406. 2293239.