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Genus Aeriscardovia

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Aeriscardovia Simpson et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aeriscardovia aeriphila Simpson et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. masc. n. aer aeris, air; N.L. fem. n. Scardovia, a bacterial generic name to honour Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist; N.L. fem. n. Aeriscardovia, cells similar to the genus Scardovia that can grow in air.
Valid publication: SIMPSON (P.J.), ROSS (R.P.), FITZGERALD (G.F.) and STANTON (C.): Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum sp. nov. and Aeriscardovia aeriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a porcine caecum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 401-406.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Aeriscardovia aeriphila Simpson et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T6 = JCM 15959 = LMG 21773 = NCIMB 13939.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY174107.
Etymology: L. masc. n. aer aeris, air; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aeriphila, air-loving.
Valid publication: SIMPSON (P.J.), ROSS (R.P.), FITZGERALD (G.F.) and STANTON (C.): Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum sp. nov. and Aeriscardovia aeriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a porcine caecum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 401-406.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Aeriscardovia aeriphila Simpson et al. 2004 was previously termed "Bifidobacterium aerophilum" Simpson et al. 2003.

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