Lacticigenium

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Lactobacillales

| familia = Carnobacteriaceae

| genus = Lacticigenium

| genus_authority = Iino et al. 2009{{cite journal |title=Genus: Lacticigenium |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/lacticigenium |language=en}}

| type_species = Lacticigenium naphtae

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

L. naphthae

| synonyms =

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Lacticigenium is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, mesophilic, neutrophilic, non-spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Carnobacteriaceae with one known species (L. naphthae).{{cite journal |title=Lacticigenium |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/633405}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Lacticigenium Iino et al. 2009 |year=2009 |doi=10.1601/tx.14178|last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Wigley |first2=Sarah |last3=Garrity |first3=George M. |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity }}{{cite journal |last1=Iino |first1=T. |last2=Suzuki |first2=K.-i. |last3=Harayama |first3=S. |title=Lacticigenium naphtae gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant and motile lactic acid bacterium isolated from crude oil |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 April 2009 |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=775–780 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.003293-0|pmid=19329605 }}