| Leuconostoc gelidum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Leuconostoc |
| Species: | L. gelidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Leuconostoc gelidum Shaw and Harding 1989 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leuconostoc gelidum is a Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium; its type strain is NCFB 2775. [1] Its genome has been sequenced. [2] Its name derives from the fact that it was first isolated from chill-stored meats.