Pediococcus claussenii

Pediococcus claussenii is a species of Gram-positive bacteria. Like other Pediococcus species, P. claussenii is implicated in the spoilage of fermented beverages[1] due to its production of diacetyl. Strains of this species were originally isolated from spoiled beer.[2]

Pediococcus claussenii
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P. claussenii
Binomial name
Pediococcus claussenii
Dobson et al. 2002

The genome of P. claussenii strain ATCC BAA-344 has been sequenced.[3]

References

  1. Bergsveinson, Jordyn; Pittet, Vanessa; Ziola, Barry (16 August 2012). "RT-qPCR analysis of putative beer-spoilage gene expression during growth of Lactobacillus brevis BSO 464 and Pediococcus claussenii ATCC BAA-344T in beer". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 96 (2): 461–470. doi:10.1007/s00253-012-4334-3.
  2. Dobson, C. M. (2002). "Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Pediococcus, including Pediococcus claussenii sp. nov., a novel lactic acid bacterium isolated from beer". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (6): 2003–2010. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02191-0.
  3. Pittet, V.; Abegunde, T.; Marfleet, T.; Haakensen, M.; Morrow, K.; Jayaprakash, T.; Schroeder, K.; Trost, B.; Byrns, S.; Bergsveinson, J.; Kusalik, A.; Ziola, B. (11 February 2012). "Complete Genome Sequence of the Beer Spoilage Organism Pediococcus claussenii ATCC BAA-344T". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (5): 1271–1272. doi:10.1128/JB.06759-11. PMC 3294761. PMID 22328764.


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