Name: "Thermobacterium bulgaricum" Orla-Jensen 1919

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bul.ga’ri.cum. N.L. neut. adj. bulgaricum, of Bulgaria, referring to the source of the genome

Pronunciation, gender: bul-GA-ri-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 11842; CCUG 41390; CIP 101027; DSM 20081; IFO 13953; JCM 1002; LMG 13551; LMG 6901; NBIMCC 1132; NBRC 13953; NCTC 12712; VKM B-1923

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16S rRNA gene: AB007908 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Weiss et al. 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactobacillus bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Rogosa and Hansen 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Weiss et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Parent taxon: "Thermobacterium" Buchanan 1918

Assigned by: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

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Record number: 4123