Fructobacillus

Fructobacillus
Fructobacillus fructosus, formerly Leuconostoc fructosum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Lactobacillaceae
Genus:
Fructobacillus

Endo and Okada 2008
Type species
Fructobacillus fructosus
(Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008
Species
  • Fructobacillus durionis (Leisner et al. 2005) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus ficulneus (Antunes et al. 2002) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus fructosus (Kodama 1956) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus pseudoficulneus (Chambel et al. 2006) Endo and Okada 2008
  • Fructobacillus tropaeoli Endo et al. 2011

Fructobacillus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae. It is a fructophilic lactic acid bacteria, indicating that it thrives better in fructose than in glucose and is characterized by its inability to produce ethanol.

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