Levilactobacillus zymae (DSM 19395, CCM 7241, LMG 22198)

Name: Levilactobacillus zymae (DSM 19395, CCM 7241, LMG 22198)
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BacDive ID 6660

Type strain

Strain Designation R-18615

Culture col. no. DSM 19395 CCM 7241 LMG 22198 R-18615 CCUG 50163 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1423817 267363

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP Literature strains

History <- CCM <- M. Vancanneyt, R-18615 <- P. Neysens LMG 22198 <-- M. Vancanneyt R-18615 <-- P. Neysens. CIP <- 2005, CCM <- LMG <- P. Neyssen, IMDO, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium: strain R-18615

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Levilactobacillus zymae R-18615 is a microaerophile, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from artisanal wheat sourdough.

Gram-positive rod-shaped microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 280627

NBRC 107157,LMG 22198,CCM 7241,CCUG 50163,DSM 19395,JCM 15957,CIP 108703

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:17

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Levilactobacillus

Species Levilactobacillus zymae

Full scientific name Levilactobacillus zymae (Vancanneyt et al. 2005) Zheng et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Lactobacillus zymae

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Confidence
31309	positive	11 µm	1 µm	rod-shaped
124040	positive			rod-shaped
125438					90
125438	positive				93.214

Pigmentation

31309

Productionyes

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
8089	PEDIOCOCCUS DAMNOSUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 231)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PEDIOCOCCUS DAMNOSUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 231) Composition: Glucose 20.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l Meat extract 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Na-acetate 5.0 g/l K2HPO4 2.0 g/l (NH4)3 citrate 2.0 g/l Tween 80 1.0 g/l Cysteine hydrochloride 0.5 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
40644	MEDIUM 40- for Lactobacillus and Leuconostoc		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Man Rogosa Sharp agar (68.000 g)
124040	CIP Medium 40	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8089	positive	growth	30
31309	positive	optimum	7.5
40644	positive	growth	37
58766	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	30
124040	positive	growth	10-37
124040	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
8089	microaerophile
31309	facultative anaerobe
58766	anaerobe
124040	facultative anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	96.8

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
31309
125439		94

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
31309	NaCl	positive	growth	<7 %
31309	NaCl	positive	optimum	3.5 %

Observation

31309

Observationaggregates in chains

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	22599 ChEBI	arabinose	+	carbon source
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	carbon source
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	carbon source
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	carbon source
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	+	carbon source
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	carbon source
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
124040	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
124040	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
124040	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
31309	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	carbon source
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
124040	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
124040	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
124040	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
124040	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
124040	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
124040	oxidase	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
8089	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+
8089	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+/-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Food

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
8089	artisanal wheat sourdough	Belgium	BEL	Europe
58766	Wheat sourdough	Belgium	BEL	Europe
67770	Wheat sourdough
124040	Food, Wheat sourdough	Belgium	BEL	Europe	2003

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC480814 (>99% sequence identity) for Levilactobacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	158
Soil Samples	49
Animal Samples	2008
Plant Samples	170
Total Samples	2385

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8089	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
124040	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	LzLMG22198_assembly for Levilactobacillus zymae LMG 22198	complete	GCA_963243745			267363	98.5
66792	ASM799199v1 assembly for Levilactobacillus zymae NBRC 107157	contig	GCA_007991995	267363.7		267363	66.99
67770	ASM143411v1 assembly for Levilactobacillus zymae DSM 19395	scaffold	GCA_001434115	1423817.3	2660238323	1423817	64.31

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
8089	Lactobacillus zymae 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 22198	AJ632157	1518	267363
67770	Lactobacillus zymae JCM 15957 gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	LC480814	1505	267363
124043	Lactobacillus zymae gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 107157.	AB626071	1491	267363
124043	Lactobacillus zymae strain CCM 7241 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MT760125	1389	267363
124043	Lactobacillus zymae strain CIP 108703 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	EU161582	791	267363

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
8089	53
31309	54
67770	53.6	genome sequence analysis
67770	53-54	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Levilactobacillus zymae DSM 19395
NCBI: GCA_001434115

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	94.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	82.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	81.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	96.80	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Lactobacillus zymae DSM 19395
PATRIC: 1423817.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	93.21	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	81.95	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	79.53	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	94.86	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.58	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.00	yes

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Description of urolithin production capacity from ellagic acid of two human intestinal Gordonibacter species.	Selma MV, Beltran D, Garcia-Villalba R, Espin JC, Tomas-Barberan FA.	Food Funct	10.1039/c4fo00092g	2014
	Effect of urolithin A on the improvement of vascular endothelial function depends on the gut microbiota.	Nishimoto Y, Fujisawa K, Ukawa Y, Kudoh M, Funahashi K, Kishimoto Y, Fukuda S.	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2022.1077534	2022
Genetics	The production of esters by specific sourdough lactic acid bacteria species is limited by the precursor concentrations.	Pradal I, Weckx S, De Vuyst L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02216-24	2025
Phylogeny	Umbribacter vaginalis gen. nov., sp. nov.: novel bacterium isolated from the human vagina.	Srinivasan S, Strenk SM, Beamer MA, Fiedler TL, Proll S, Acevedo-Oquendo GR, Bonura GM, Nagana Gowda GA, Raftery D, Hillier SL, Fredricks DN.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006931	2025
Phylogeny	Gordonibacter faecihominis sp. nov., isolated from human faeces.	Jin JS, Lee KC, Park IS, Kim KK, Ahn JS, Benno Y, Hattori M, Lee JS.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-014-0212-6	2014
Phylogeny	Lactobacillus acidifarinae sp. nov. and Lactobacillus zymae sp. nov., from wheat sourdoughs.	Vancanneyt M, Neysens P, De Wachter M, Engelbeen K, Snauwaert C, Cleenwerck I, Van der Meulen R, Hoste B, Tsakalidou E, De Vuyst L, Swings J	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63274-0	2005

References

#8089	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19395
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#27624	IJSEM 615 2005 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63274-0 , PubMed 15774633 )
#31309	Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #27624
#40644	; Curators of the CIP;
#58766	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 50163
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#124040	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108703
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Levilactobacillus zymae (DSM 19395, CCM 7241, LMG 22198)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_963243745

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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