Abstract
Further examinations have been carried out for identification and classification of hiochi-bacteria, from the stand point of lactic acid-bacteriology.
The characteristics of ‘true hiochi-bacllli’, both homo- and heterofermenters, do not coincide with those of any species which have hitherto been known. So the authors have proposed the names Lactobacillus homohiochii and L. heterohiochii nov. sp. respectively.
The 64 strains used throughout this research are classified as follows:
Spheres: Heterofermenting D-lactic acid former.
....Leuconostoc mesenteroides (1 strain).
Rods: Heterofermenting, as a rule DL-formers.
Hiochic acid independent, xylose is fermented.
.... Lactobacillus fermentum (4 strains).
Hiochic acid essential, ferment only glucose and fructose.
....Lactobacillus heterohiochii n. sp. (44 strains)
Homofermenting
Hiochic acid independent, pentose-fermenting, DL-former
....Lactobacillus plantarum (1 strain).
pentoses not fermented, DL+L-former
....Lactobacillus acidophilus (3 strains).
Hiochic acid promotive, D+DL-formers.
....Lactobacillus homohiochii varieties (4 strains).
Hiochic acid essential, D- or D+DL-formers
....Lactobacillus homohiochii n, sp. (7 strains).
