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Species Bifidobacterium indicum

Name: Bifidobacterium indicum Scardovi and Trovatelli 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cum. L. neut. adj. indicum, of India, Indian, named after the specific epithet of Apis indica F. (also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um IN-di-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25912; BCRC 14674; CCRC 14674; CCUG 34985; CGMCC 1.2275; DSM 20214; JCM 1302; LMG 11587

16S rRNA gene: D86188 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Scardovi V, Trovatelli LD. New species of bifidobacteria from Apis mellifica L. and Apis indica F. A contribution to the taxonomy and biochemistry of the genus Bifidobacterium. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1969; 123:64-88.

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)

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:
      • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Jiang et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bifidobacterium coryneforme (ex Scardovi and Trovatelli 1969) Biavati et al. 1982. Publication: Jiang CS, Li CY, Gu CT. The Type Strain of Bifidobacterium indicum Scardovi and Trovatelli 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) is ATCC 25912, not DSM 20214, and Rejection to Reclassify Bifidobacterium coryneforme as Bifidobacterium indicum. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:168. 🇨🇳
    • ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bifidobacterium coryneforme (ex Scardovi and Trovatelli 1969) Biavati et al. 1982. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
    • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
    • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Scardovi V, Trovatelli LD. New species of bifidobacteria from Apis mellifica L. and Apis indica F. A contribution to the taxonomy and biochemistry of the genus Bifidobacterium. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1969; 123:64-88.

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Record number: 774038