
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5341
Name	Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Rogosa and Hansen 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Orla-Jensen 1919) Rogosa and Hansen 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5341
Type Strain representative organism	JCM 1002^T (=ATCC 11842 =CCUG 41390 =VKM B-1923 =DSM 20081 =CIP 101027 =IFO 13953 =LMG 13551 =NBRC 13953 =LMG 6901 =NCTC 12712)


Proper Form	Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Rogosa and Hansen 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Lactobacillus bulgaricus was originally described by Rogosa and Hansen 1971. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Weiss et al. elevated this species to the rank of subspecies to form the name Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Weiss et al. 1984 in 1983.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Rogosa and Hansen 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5341.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5341.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 8, 2020.

References

Weiss N, Schillinger U, Kandler O. Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus leichmannii and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Subjective Synonyms of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and Description of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis comb. nov. and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:552-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(83)80012-5 [PubMed].
Orla-Jensen S. The Lactic Acid Bacteria, Host & Son, Copenhagen, 1919, p. 1-196.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Rogosa M, Hansen PA. Nomenclatural considerations of certain species of Lactobacillus Beijerinck. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:177-186. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-2-177.