Name: Parascardovia Jian and Dong 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.scar.do’vi.a. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. fem. n. Scardovia, a bacterial generic name; N.L. fem. n. Parascardovia, resembling Scardovia

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Parascardovi-), pa-ra-skar-DO-wi-a

Type species: Parascardovia denticolens (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jian W, Dong X. Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:809-812.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Crociani F, Biavati B, Alessandrini A, Chiarini C, Scardovi V. Bifidobacterium inopinatum sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium denticolens sp. nov., two new species isolated from human dental caries. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:564-571.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 2; DSM: 1; NCTC: 1; JCM: 1; B: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Parascardovia denticolens (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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