Lactobacillus delbrueckii Beijerinck 1901
- Dataset
- A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Bacilli
- order
- Lactobacillales
- family
- Lactobacillaceae
- genus
- Lactobacillus
- species
- Lactobacillus delbrueckii
discussion
Lactobacillusdelbrueckii (Bacillus delbrücki) (del. brueck’i. i. N. L. gen. n. delbrueckii, of Delbrück, named for M. Delbrück, a German bacteriologist). Type species of the genus Lactobacillus. Because of the high phenotypicand genotypic similaritiesbetween L. delbrueckii, L. leichmannii, L. lactis and L. bulgaricus, only L. delbrueckii is retainedas aseparate species. Both L. lactis and L. leichmannii are treated as L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis and L. bulgaricus as L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus [60]. Allstrains produce D (−) - lactic acid.