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Species Bifidobacterium catenulatum
Name: Bifidobacterium catenulatum Scardovi and Crociani 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: ca.te.nu.la’tum. L. fem. dim. n. catenula, a small chain; L. neut. adj. suff. -atum, suffix used in adjectives meaning provided with; N.L. neut. adj. catenulatum, having small chains
Type strain: ATCC 27539; BCRC 14667; CCRC 14667; CCUG 18366; CGMCC 1.2197; CIP 104175; DSM 16992; DSM 20103; HAMBI 560; JCM 1194; LMG 11043; NCDO 2246; NCFB 2246; NCIMB 702246
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF432082
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Scardovi V, Crociani F. Bifidobacterium catenulatum, Bifidobacterium dentium and Bifidobacterium angulatum: three new species and their deoxyribonucleic acid homology relationships. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:6-20. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 81 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species was isolated from feces in healthy individuals.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bifidobacterium catenulatum subsp. catenulatum (Scardovi and Crociani 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Bifidobacterium catenulatum subsp. kashiwanohense (Morita et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Scardovi V, Crociani F. Bifidobacterium catenulatum, Bifidobacterium dentium and Bifidobacterium angulatum: three new species and their deoxyribonucleic acid homology relationships. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:6-20.
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Record number: 774029
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