Lentilactobacillus kefiri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Lactobacillales |
Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
Genus: | Lentilactobacillus |
Species: | L. kefiri
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Binomial name | |
Lentilactobacillus kefiri (Kandler and Kunath 1983) Zheng et al. 2020
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Lentilactobacillus kefiri is species of rod-shaped nonmotile bacteria. It is one of the main lactic acid bacteria species found in kefir and kefir grains.[1] It can be bought and used as a probiotic.[2]
Colonies on MRS agar are grayish, smooth, flat and 2 to 4mm in diameter. It is obligately heterofermentive, and can ferment lactose, maltose, melibiose, ribose, as well as sucrose, mannitol and trehalose to a weaker extent. It is not known to be pathogenic.[3]