Weissella cibaria

Weissella cibaria is a species of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the family of Leuconostocaceae.^[1] W. cibaria CMGDEX3 was reported from Pakistan to produce high molecular weight, linear dextran with predominant (1→6) linkages.

Weissella cibaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Lactobacillaceae
Genus:	Weissella
Species:	Weissella cibaria Björkroth et al. 2002
Synonyms
Weissella kimchii Choi et al. 2002

References

1. Björkroth KJ, Schillinger U, Geisen R, et al. (January 2002). "Taxonomic study of Weissella confusa and description of Weissella cibaria sp. nov., detected in food and clinical samples". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 1): 141–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-141. PMID 11837296. Retrieved 2013-09-02.

• Ahmed, Rifat; Siddiqui, Khaizran; Ahmed, Nuzhat. (2012). "Characterization of high molecular weight dextran produced by Weissella cibaria CMGDEX3". Carbohydrate Polymers. 90 (1): 441–446. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.05.063. PMID 24751063.

Further reading

• Srionnual, S.; Yanagida, F.; Lin, L.-H.; Hsiao, K.-N.; Chen, Y.-s. (2007). "Weissellicin 110, a Newly Discovered Bacteriocin from Weissella cibaria 110, Isolated from Plaa-Som, a Fermented Fish Product from Thailand". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (7): 2247–2250. doi:10.1128/AEM.02484-06. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1855655. PMID 17293526.
• Kang, Mi-Sun; Na, Hee-Sam; Oh, Jong-Suk (2005). "Coaggregation ability ofWeissella cibariaisolates withFusobacterium nucleatumand their adhesiveness to epithelial cells". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 253 (2): 323–329. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.10.002. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 16288835.
• Kim DS, Choi SH, Kim DW, et al. (February 2011). "Genome Sequence of Weissella cibaria KACC 11862". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (3): 797–8. doi:10.1128/JB.01342-10. PMC 3021225. PMID 21097615.
• Ahmed, Rifat; Siddiqui, Khaizran; Ahmed, Nuzhat. (2012). "Characterization of high molecular weight dextran produced by Weissella cibaria CMGDEX3". Carbohydrate Polymers. 90 (1): 441–446. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.05.063. PMID 24751063.

External links

• List of species of the genus Weissella
• "Weissella cibaria". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• Type strain of Weissella cibaria at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase