Species Bifidobacterium colobi

Name: Bifidobacterium colobi Lugli et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co’lo.bi. N.L. gen. masc. n. colobi, of Colobus guereza, the mantled guereza

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um KO-lo-bi, neuter

Type strain: 80T4; DSM 112552; LMG 32225

16S rRNA gene: MZ573305 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lugli GA, Calvete-Torre I, Alessandri G, Milani C, Turroni F, Laiolo P, Ossiprandi MC, Margolles A, Ruiz L, Ventura M. Phylogenetic classification of ten novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprising B. phasiani sp. nov., B. pongonis sp. nov., B. saguinibicoloris sp. nov., B. colobi sp. nov., B. simiiventris sp. nov., B. santillanense sp. nov., B. miconis sp. nov., B. amazonense sp. nov., B. pluvialisilvae sp. nov., and B. miconisargentati sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126273. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 204. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5260.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Lugli GA, Calvete-Torre I, Alessandri G, Milani C, Turroni F, Laiolo P, Ossiprandi MC, Margolles A, Ruiz L, Ventura M. Phylogenetic classification of ten novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprising B. phasiani sp. nov., B. pongonis sp. nov., B. saguinibicoloris sp. nov., B. colobi sp. nov., B. simiiventris sp. nov., B. santillanense sp. nov., B. miconis sp. nov., B. amazonense sp. nov., B. pluvialisilvae sp. nov., and B. miconisargentati sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126273. 🇪🇸

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