Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
Genus: | Lactobacillus |
Species: | L. kefiranofaciens |
Binomial name | |
Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens Fujisawa et al. 1988 |
Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens is a species of slime-forming, homofermentative, rod-shaped lactic acid bacteria first isolated from kefir grains, hence its name. Its type strain is WT-2B (ATCC 43761). Its genome has been sequenced.