Episode 710:15
The Name Game
Same crew, new name tags
- Big shuffle.In 2020 one huge genus, Lactobacillus, was split into 25.
- New tags.Rhamny is now Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus; Pickles is Lactiplantibacillus plantarum.
- Old faithful.Ace & Deuce keep the classic: Lactobacillus acidophilus.
Far-out fact
In 2020 scientists split the genus Lactobacillus into 25 genera. L. rhamnosus became Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus; L. acidophilus kept Lactobacillus.

