Name: Bifidobacterium merycicum Biavati and Mattarelli 1991
Etymology: me.ry.ci.cum. Gr. masc. n. mêryx, rumen (implied by verb merykazo); N.L. neut. adj. merycicum, pertaining to the rumen
Type strain: ATCC 49391; CCUG 34976; CGMCC 1.2273; DSM 6492; JCM 8219; LMG 11341; Ru915B
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16S rRNA gene: D86192 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Biavati B, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the rumens of cattle. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:163-168.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Biavati B, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the rumens of cattle. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:163-168.
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Record number: 774047