Species ***Bifidobacterium* *gallicum***

Name: Bifidobacterium gallicum Lauer 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gal’li.cum. L. neut. adj. gallicum, of or belonging to the Gauls

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GAL-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49850; CCUG 34979; CGMCC 1.2274; CIP 103417; DSM 20093; JCM 8224; LMG 11596; P6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D86189 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lauer E. Bifidobacterium gallicum sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:100-102.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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. 🇩🇪 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.

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 6 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.
- 🧍 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. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Lauer E. Bifidobacterium gallicum sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:100-102.

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Species Bifidobacterium gallicum