| Lentilactobacillus kefiri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Lentilactobacillus |
| Species: | L. kefiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lentilactobacillus kefiri (Kandler and Kunath 1983) Zheng et al. 2020 | |
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]
