
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.11060
Name	Streptococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Löhnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Lister 1873) Löhnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Lactococcus lactis lactis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.11060
Type Strain representative organism	LMG 6890^T (=NRIC 1149 =NCDO 604 =KCTC 3769 =ATCC 9936 =NBRC 100933 =JCM 5805 =CCM 1877 =CCUG 7980 =BCRC 12312 =NCAIM B.02070 =CCUG 32211 =ATCC 19435 =NCIMB 6681 =NCTC 6681 =VTT E-90395 =DSM 20481 =BCC 49730 =NBIMCC 4000 =CECT 185 =HAMBI 1591 =VKM B-1662 =CIP 70.56)


Proper Form	Streptococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Löhnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Streptococcus lactis was originally described by Löhnis 1909. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1982, Garvie and Farrow reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form Streptococcus lactis lactis (Lister 1873) Garvie and Farrow 1982 . In 1985, Schleifer et al. established Streptococcus lactis as the basonym of Lactococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Schleifer et al. 1986 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Streptococcus lactis (Lister 1873) Löhnis 1909 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.11060.
Source File	10.1601/nm.11060.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 4, 2010.

References

Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Bälz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1985; 6:183-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(85)80052-7.
Löhnis F. Die Benennung der Milchsaürebakterien. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1909; 22:553-555.
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.
Lister J. A further contribution to the natural history of bacteria and the germ theory of fermentative changes. Quarterly Journal of Microbiological Science 1873; 13:380-408.
Garvie EI, Farrow JAE. Streptococcus lactis subsp. cremoris (Orla-Jensen) comb. nov. and Streptococcus lactis subsp. diacetilactis (Matuszewski et al.) nom. rev., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:453-455. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-4-453.