Pediococcus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Lactobacillales |
Family: | Lactobacillaceae |
Genus: | Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
Species | |
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Pediococcus is a genus of gram-positive lactic acid bacteria, placed within the family of Lactobacillaceae. They usually occur in pairs or tetrads, and divide along two planes of symmetry,[2] as do the other lactic acid cocci genera Aerococcus and Tetragenococcus. They are purely homofermentative.