THE GENUS PEDIOCOCCUS
THE GENUS PEDIOCOCCUS
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DOI:
10.1128/br.13.4.225-232.1949
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1949
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C. S. Pederson
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作者:
C. S. Pederson
A lactic acid producing sarcinalike organism has been associated with a type of spoilage in beer since the condition was first described by Pasteur (1876). He found that these organisms, which occur in pairs and fours and were sometimes associated with long rod bacteria, are the cause of the socalled "beer sickness." Their relationship to the true lactic acid bacteria of the genera Lactobacillus and Streptococcus was not realized until years later. The organism in spoiled beer was first referred to as a sarcina by Hansen (1879). The spoilage was studied by Balcke (1884a); and in Balcke's (1884b) second paper he recognized the assistance of Dr. Kurth in determining that the organism was not a true sarcina. Balcke applied the binomial Pediococcus cerevisiae to this species. In a series of papers, Lindner (1887, 1888, 1889) described the organisms involved in "beer sickness" more completely and proposed new specific names for types producing somewhat different reactions from that of the strain which he believed was Pediococcus cereviae. The pediococci were not associated with other fermentations until years afterward, and it is doubtful whether anyone except Henneberg (1926) associated them with desirable fermentations such as those brought about by some species in the closely related genera Streptococcus and Lactobacillus. In this respect they might be compared with the genus Leuconostoc. The ability of species of Leuconostoc to bring about desirable changes was not recognized until Hammer (1923), Orla-Jensen (1919), and Pederson (1929, 1930) found that they were important in certain fermentations. The pediococci may be found to be very important in some vegetative fermentations when more is learned about their true role in nature. The name "Sarcina" may continue to be attached to these organisms by brewing technologists but they should be classified properly by bacteriologists in relation to other organisms. Since the name Pediococus was first used by Balcke, this has been accepted and used as a generic name in connection with other specific names by Lindner (1887, 1927, 1928), De Toni and Trevisan (1889), Reichard (1894), Fischer (1897), Claussen (1903), Sollied (1903), Henneberg (1926), Pribram (1933), Mees (1934), and others. Buchanan (1925) states: "If the cocci which are arranged in tetrads are to receive generic recognition, the name Pediococcus would appear to be valid. The type species is Pediococcus cerevisiae Balcke." In the 6th edition of Bergey's Manual (Breed et al., 1948) the genus is included in an appendix to the family Micrococcaceae, with the type species Pediococcus