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Species Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum
Name: Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum Simpson et al. 2004
Etymology: psychr.ae.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. psychraerophilum, cold- and air-loving
Pronunciation, gender: … psykhr-a͡e-RO-phi-lum, neuter
Type strain: DSM 22366; JCM 15958; LMG 21775; NCIMB 13940; T16
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY174108
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Simpson PJ, Ross RP, Fitzgerald GF, Stanton C. Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum sp. nov. and Aeriscardovia aeriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a porcine caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:401-406. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01688 (N = 6).
- 😷 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 2023-10-29. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
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. 🇩🇪
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🧍 Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum Simpson et al. 2004 was previously termed "Bifidobacterium psychroaerophilum" Simpson et al. 2003.
Publication:
Orla-Jensen S. Classification des bactéries lactiques. Lait 1924; 4:468-474.
Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Simpson PJ, Ross RP, Fitzgerald GF, Stanton C. Bifidobacterium psychraerophilum sp. nov. and Aeriscardovia aeriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a porcine caecum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:401-406. 🇮🇪
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Record number: 783507
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