Name: Aeriscardovia Simpson et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.e.ri.scar.do’vi.a. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), 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

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aeriscardovi-), a-e-ri-skar-DO-wi-a

Type species: Aeriscardovia aeriphila Simpson et al. 2004

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Simpson PJ, Ross RP, Fitzgerald GF, 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. 🇮🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Silva JK, Herve V, Mies US, Platt K, Brune A. A Novel Lineage of Endosymbiotic Actinomycetales: Genome Reduction and Acquisition of New Functions in Bifidobacteriaceae Associated With Termite Gut Flagellates. Environ Microbiol 2025; 27:e70010. 🇩🇪

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