the methods of Kitahara et al. (200

the methods of Kitahara et al. (2001) and purified by the
method of Saito & Miura (1963). Strains of L. fructivorans, L.
homohiochii and L. sanfranciscensis were not used in this
study because the sequence similarities between the new
isolates and the type strains of these three species were lower
than the recommended value for species differentiation as
proposed by Stackebrandt & Ebers (2006).