lentilactobacillus parakefiri lentilactobacillus parakefiri lentilactobacillus parakefiri is a species in the genus lentilactobacillus first isolated from kefir grains, hence its name. its type strain is gcl 1731 (= jcm 8573). lentilactobacillus parakefiri scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli family: lactobacillaceae genus: lentilactobacillus species: l. parakefiri binomial name lentilactobacillus parakefiri(takizawa et al. 1994) zheng et al. 2020 synonyms lactobacillus parakefiri corrig. takizawa et al. 1994 lactobacillus parakefir takizawa et al. 1994