secundilactobacillus kimchicus secundilactobacillus kimchicus secundilactobacillus kimchicus is a rod-shaped species of lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, a korean dish involving fermented vegetables. it is part of the lactobacillaceae family. it is gram-positive, non-spore forming and non-motile prokaryote. secundilactobacillus kimchicus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: lactobacillales family: lactobacillaceae genus: secundilactobacillus species: s. kimchicus binomial name secundilactobacillus kimchicus(liang et al. 2011) zheng et al. 2020 synonyms lactobacillus kimchicus liang et al. 2011 this species grows between 15 and 45 °c and ph 5.0-9.0. whole-genome sequencing has shown that s. kimchicus has a 2.59 mbp long genome with 46.6% gc-content.