Lactobacillusdelbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii

Lactobacillusdelbrueckii (del.bruec’ki.i. N.L. gen. n. delbrueckii, of Delbrück, named after M. Delbrück, a German bacteriologist).

L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii fermentsglucoseto D(−)-lactic acid and also metabolises sucrose, fructose and mannose, but not lactose. Characteristics of the species/subspecies are provided by [61 – 65]. The genome size is 1.75 Mbp and the mol% G+C content of DNAis 49.9.

Isolated from vegetable source, sour grain mash and fermented grains.

Thetypestrainis ATCC 9649 T =CCUG 34222 T =CIP 57.8 T =DSM 20074 T =IFO (now NBRC) 3202 T =JCM 1012 T =LMG 6412 T =NCIMB 8130 T (formerly NCDO 213)=NRRL B-763 T =VKM B-1596 T.

Genome sequence accession number: AZCR00000000.

16S rRNA gene accession number: AY773949.