Lactobacillus casei, and the twenty-year argument over its name
Named for cheese, anchored to a disputed type strain, and closely...
Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the yogurt organism that shrank to fit milk
Half of the partnership that makes yogurt, an organism whose genome...
Lactobacillus reuteri, the species that split by host
Named after a person, split into lineages that each specialize in...
Lactobacillus plantarum, and why its name changed in 2020
The lactic acid bacterium named for plants, why it turns up...
Bifidobacterium longum, and the organism it keeps being mistaken for
A forked, anaerobic bacterium described in 1963, and why it keeps...
