What is Leuconostoc?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Leuconostoc'' | regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]] | divisio = [[Firmicutes]] | classis = [[Bacilli]] | ordo = [[Lactobacillales]] | familia = [[Leuconostocaceae]] | genus = '''''Leuconostoc''''' | genus_authority = [[Phillippe Édouard Léon van Tieghem|van Tieghem]] 1878 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Leuconostoc carnosum|L. carnosum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc citreum|L. citreum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc durionis|L. durionis]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc fallax|L. fallax]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc ficulneum|L. ficulneum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc fructosum|L. fructosum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc garlicum|L. garlicum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc gasicomitatum|L. gasicomitatum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc gelidum|L. gelidum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc inhae|L. inhae]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc kimchii|L. kimchii]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc lactis|L. lactis]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc mesenteroides|L. mesenteroides]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc pseudoficulneum|L. pseudoficulneum]]''<br> ''[[Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides|L. pseudomesenteroides]]'' }} '''''Leuconostoc''''' is a [[gram-positive]] [[bacteria]], emerging [[human]] [[pathogen]] found in environment and [[Food|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. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Gram-positive bacteria]]