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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bifidobacterium kimbladii

Name: Bifidobacterium kimbladii Modesto et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kim.bla’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kimbladii, named after beekeeper Tage Kimblad for his significant contributions to the discovery of the LAB microbiota in the honey stomach of honeybees

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kim-BLA-di-i, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 76695; DSM 115187; H1HS16N

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16S rRNA gene: JX099559 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Modesto M, Scarafile D, Vasquez A, Pukall R, Neumann-Schaal M, Pascarelli S, Sgorbati B, Ancora M, Camma C, Mattarelli P, et al. Phylogenetic characterization of Bifidobacterium kimbladii sp. nov., a novel species from the honey stomach of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126579. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

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: Modesto M, Scarafile D, Vasquez A, Pukall R, Neumann-Schaal M, Pascarelli S, Sgorbati B, Ancora M, Camma C, Mattarelli P, et al. Phylogenetic characterization of Bifidobacterium kimbladii sp. nov., a novel species from the honey stomach of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126579. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 56463
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