The isolates shared several common characteristics with known fructophilic LAB, but also had a few different characteristics.
They formed a subcluster within the Lactobacillus buchneri cluster on phylogenetic analysis based on their 16S rRNA gene sequences and were closely related to Lactobacillus lindneri. Levels of DNA 2 DNA similarity and biochemical characteristics showed clear separation of the isolates from L. lindneri.
This paper describes the taxonomic study of the
three novel isolates and their classification as a novel species
of the genus Lactobacillus.