Species Bifidobacterium infantis

Name: Bifidobacterium infantis Reuter 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fan’tis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. infantis, of an infant

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15697; BCRC 14602; BCRC 15416; CCRC 14602; CCRC 15416; CCUG 30512; CCUG 30512 B; CGMCC 1.1853; CGMCC 1.2202; CIP 64.67; DSM 20088; HAMBI 1374; HAMBI 555; HAMBI 574; JCM 1222; LMG 8811; NCAIM B.01821; NCDO 2205; NCFB 2205; NCIMB 702205; NCTC 11817; S12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB116305 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reuter G. Vergleichenden Untersuchung über die Bifidus-Flora im Säuglings- und Erwachsenenstuhl. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1963; 191:486-507.

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: synonym

Correct name: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (Reuter 1963) Mattarelli et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (Reuter 1963) Mattarelli et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- Bifidobacterium infantis is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bifidobacterium.
- Bifidobacterium longum biotype infantis. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
- According to Sakata et al. 2002, Bifidobacterium infantis Reuter 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later heterotypic synonym of Bifidobacterium longum Reuter 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). This latter species can be divided into three biovars, namely the Infantis biovar, the Longum biovar and the Suis biovar, by molecular methods. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
- See also: Publication: Mattarelli P, Bonaparte C, Pot B, Biavati B. Proposal to reclassify the three biotypes of Bifidobacterium longum as three subspecies: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum subsp. nov., Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis comb. nov. and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:767-772.
- See also: Publication: Sakata S, Kitahara M, Sakamoto M, Hayashi H, Fukuyama M, Benno Y. Unification of Bifidobacterium infantis and Bifidobacterium suis as Bifidobacterium longum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1945-1951.
- See also: Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 30 August and 1 September 2006, Bologna, Italy. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:1367-1369.

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

Assigned by: Reuter G. Vergleichenden Untersuchung über die Bifidus-Flora im Säuglings- und Erwachsenenstuhl. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1963; 191:486-507.

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Record number: 774039