Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5689

Name

Streptococcus thermophilus Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

NCDO 573^T (=ATCC 19258 =DSM 20617)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
family Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Streptococcus thermophilus Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.16495	LMD-9 (=ATCC BAA-491)
10.1601/ex.16496	LMG 18311 (=ATCC BAA-250)
10.1601/ex.16494	CNRZ 1066
10.1601/ex.19516	ND03

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Streptococcus thermophilus Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5689.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5689.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 30, 2019.

References

Orla-Jensen S. The Lactic Acid Bacteria, Host & Son, Copenhagen, 1919, p. 1-196.