Leuconostoc
Leuconostoc is a gram-positive bacteria, emerging human pathogen found in environment and food products. Risk factors of infection include antibiotic pressure, foreign device, or underlying immune defects. Commercial diagnostics are commonly used to identify gram-positive bacteria, with errors mostly at the species level.
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| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Leuconostocaceae |
| Genus: | Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 |
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L. carnosum | |
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