- Source: Companilactobacillus kimchii
Companilactobacillus kimchii is a bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacterium of the genus Companilactobacillus. It is named for and found in the Korean fermented-vegetable food kimchi.
The cells of C. kimchii are short, slender and rod-shaped. The bacterium is Gram-positive, non-spore-forming and non-motile.
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Further reading
Pang, Huili; Kitahara, Maki; Tan, Zhongfang; Wang, Yanping; Qin, Guangyong; Ohkuma, Moriya; Cai, Yimin (18 November 2011). "Reclassification of Lactobacillus kimchii and Lactobacillus bobalius as later subjective synonyms of Lactobacillus paralimentarius". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Part 10): 2383–2387. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.035329-0. PMID 22140166.
