Weissella hellenica

Weissella hellenica[2] is a species of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the family of Leuconostocaceae. It is frequently isolated from fermented sausage and flounder intestine, as well as Korean fermented pickle Kimchi[3] and barrels used to make Japanese pickles. Some strains have been observed to be probiotic while some have not.[4] Some strains produce bacteriocins named weissellicins which show antimicrobial activity against other bacteria.[5]

Weissella hellenica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Lactobacillaceae[1]
Genus:
Weissella
Species:
W. hellenica

Collins et al. 1993

References
  1. Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, Watanabe K, Wuyts S, Felis GE, Gänzle MG, Lebeer S. (2020). "A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (4): 2782–2858. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004107. PMID 32293557.
  2. Collins, M.D.; Samelis, J.; Metaxopoulos, J.; Wallbanks, S. (1993). "Taxonomic studies on some leuconostoc-like organisms from fermented sausages: description of a new genus Weissella for the Leuconostoc paramesenteroides group of species". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 75 (6): 595–603. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1993.tb01600.x. ISSN 1364-5072. PMID 8294308.
  3. Panthee, Suresh; Paudel, Atmika; Blom, Jochen; Hamamoto, Hiroshi; Sekimizu, Kazuhisa (2019). "Complete genome sequence of Weissella hellenica 0916-4-2 and its comparative genomic analysis". Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 1619. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01619. PMC 6667553. PMID 31396169.
  4. Cai Y, Benno Y, Nakase T, Oh TK (October 1998). "Specific probiotic characterization of Weissella hellenica DS-12 isolated from flounder intestine". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 44 (5): 311–316. doi:10.2323/jgam.44.311. PMID 12501410. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. Masuda, Y.; Zendo, T.; Sawa, N.; Perez, R.H.; Nakayama, J.; Sonomoto, K. (2012). "Characterization and identification of weissellicin Y and weissellicin M, novel bacteriocins produced by Weissella hellenica QU 13". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112 (1): 99–108. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05180.x. ISSN 1364-5072. PMID 22008177. S2CID 22211196.


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