Following prior advice that major international changes in taxonomic naming protocol was to occur for Lactobacillus spp., those changes have now been announced in the scientific community and published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. The full article confirming and describing the taxonomy change is available free of charge here.

This technical alert includes a table comparing all existing names for all TGA Lactobacillus active ingredients with the updated scientific names. Please see the full technical alert for more information.