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Introduction Lactobacillus catenaformis is a gram positive, anaerobic, non-motile and non-spore forming rod belonging to the Erysipelostrichaceae family. This bacterium was reclassified as Eggerthia catenaformis in 2011 after phylogenetic analysis of its genome. It has been proven that this strain can be a human pathogen and can carry genes related