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Leuconostoc

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Leuconostoc [¦lü·kə′näs‚täk]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Streptococcaceae; spherical or lenticular cells occurring in pairs or chains; ferment glucose with production of levorotatory lactic acid (heterofermentative), ethanol, and carbon dioxide.


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Toward this end, the researchers isolated two interesting antimicrobial compound-producing LAB from kimchi: Leuconostoc citreum GJ7 and Lactobacillus planatrum AF1.
From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp, mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain.
Sucrose phosphorylase genes from Streptococcus mutans and Leuconostoc mesenteroides have been found particularly advantageous for use in the present invention.
 
 
 
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