Lactobacillusdelbrueckii

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.