Abstract
The propionic acid bacteria constitute the genus Propionibacterium, which, together with Eubacterium, comprises the family Propionibacteriaceae. The name Propionibacterium was suggested by Orla-Jensen (1909), because these bacteria produce large amounts of propionic acid during fermentation. Overall, the propionibacteria are characterized as Gram-positive, non-sporeforming, non-motile, facultatively anaerobic or aerotolerant, rodlike bacteria. They contain menaquinones, mainly MQ-9(H4) (Fernandez and Collins, 1987), and C15-saturated fatty acids in their membrane lipids. The G+C content in their DNA is in the range of 53–67 mol%.
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Vorobjeva, L.I. (1999). The genus Propionibacterium . In: Propionibacteria. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2803-4_2
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