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FOR some time it has been known that the organism widely used for the assay of amino-acids and called Leuconostoc mesenteroides P.60 is not in fact a Leuconostoc. McCleskey1 examinedP.60 and suggested that it might be Streptococcus equinus. However, the culture was atypical mainly because it produced ammonia and carbon dioxide from peptone. McCleskey suggested that the culture should be known as Streptococcus spp.
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GARVIE, E. Reclassification of Leuconostoc mesenteroides P.60 as a Pediococcus . Nature 183, 1411–1412 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831411a0
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