Other numbers: ATCC 393, CCUG 21451, CECT 475, CIP 103137, DSM 20011, IAM 12473, IFO 15883, JCM 1134, LMG 6904, NCIMB 11970, NRRL B-1922, WDCM 00100. Taxonomic status: Type strain. History: < CCUG (Lactobacillus zeae) < ATCC < G.J. Hucker < S. Orla- Jensen. Isolated from: Cheese. Additional information: Type (4895); proposed reclassification of L. casei subsp. casei CCM 7088 as L. zeae (6634,6830,6831), reclassification (7651). Production of diacetyl and acetoin. Alpha-acetolactate biosynthesis; ribotyping (6830). Cultivation conditions: Medium 6, 37°C.