sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant species isolated from sauerkraut.

A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic and homofermentative strain, named WILCCON 0030, was isolated from sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) collected from a local market in the Moscow region of Russia. Comparative analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and whole genome relatedness indicated that strain WILCCON 0030 was most closely related to the type strains NCIMB 15186, LMG 31171 and LMG 31176. However, the average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization prediction values with these closest relatives only ranged from 84.6 to 84.9 % and from 24.1 to 24.7 %, respectively, and were below the 95.0 and 70.0% thresholds for species delineation. Substantiated by further physiological and biochemical analyses, strain WILCCON 0030 represents a novel species within the genus for which we propose the name sp. nov. (type strain WILCCON 0030=DSM 116485=LMG 33211).