Genus Aeriscardovia
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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
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.