Leuconostoc lactis
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General information
the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Leuconostocaceae
Natural habitats
They can be isolated from plants, occasionally from milk and milk products.
Clinical significance
They can be isolated from the female genital tract, and the gastrointestinal tract.
Infectious for humans that have surgery, antibiotic therapy, or have impared immunological systems.
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Gram stain
the following information is not yet verified
Gram positive coccus
0.5-0.7 x 0.7-1.2 µm
occuring in pairs and chains.
Sometimes short rods with rounded ends in long chains.
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Culture characteristics
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the following information is not yet verified
Facultatief anaeroob
They produce small, gray-whitish, alpha hemolytic or nonhemolytic colonies on blood agar.
Colony morphology resembles a Streptococcus.
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the following information is not yet verified
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Characteristics
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References
Microbiology on the go. An initiative by
Dept. Medical Microbiology and Infectious diseases