Species Bifidobacterium leontopitheci

Name: Bifidobacterium leontopitheci Duranti et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.on.to.pi’the.ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. leontopitheci, of Leontopithecus, common scientific name of Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2177B; CCUG 73786; LMG 31471

16S rRNA gene: MN443772 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Duranti S, Lugli GA, Viappiani A, Mancabelli L, Alessandri G, Anzalone R, Longhi G, Milani C, Ossiprandi MC, Turroni F, et al. Characterization of the phylogenetic diversity of two novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium cebidarum sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium leontopitheci sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2288-2297. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Duranti S, Lugli GA, Viappiani A, Mancabelli L, Alessandri G, Anzalone R, Longhi G, Milani C, Ossiprandi MC, Turroni F, et al. Characterization of the phylogenetic diversity of two novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium cebidarum sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium leontopitheci sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2288-2297. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 7261

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