Species Bifidobacterium aerophilum

Name: Bifidobacterium aerophilum Michelini et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. aerophilum, air-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um a-e-RO-phi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 100689; JCM 30941; TRE 17

16S rRNA gene: KU051444 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Michelini S, Modesto M, Filippini G, Spiezio C, Sandri C, Biavati B, Pisi A, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium aerophilum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium avesanii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium ramosum sp. nov.: Three novel taxa from the faeces of cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus L.). Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:229-236. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Michelini S, Modesto M, Filippini G, Spiezio C, Sandri C, Biavati B, Pisi A, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium aerophilum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium avesanii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium ramosum sp. nov.: Three novel taxa from the faeces of cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus L.). Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:229-236. 🇮🇹

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