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Species Bifidobacterium pullorum
Name: Bifidobacterium pullorum Trovatelli et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: pul.lo’rum. L. masc. adj. pullus, a chicken; L. gen. masc. pl. n. pullorum, of chickens
Pronunciation, gender: … pul-LO-rum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 27685; BCRC 14678; CCRC 14678; CCUG 35235; CGMCC 1.2240; CIP 107006; DSM 20433; JCM 1214; LMG 11572
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
D86196
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Trovatelli LD, Crociani F, Pedinotti M, Scardovi V. Bifidobacterium pullorum sp. nov.: a new species isolated from chicken feces and a related group of bifidobacteria isolated from rabbit feces. Arch Microbiol 1974; 98:187-198. 
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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
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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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. gallinarum (Watabe et al. 1983) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP synonym Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. pullorum (Trovatelli et al. 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP synonym of its species Bifidobacterium pullorum subsp. saeculare (Biavati et al. 1992) Nouioui et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Trovatelli LD, Crociani F, Pedinotti M, Scardovi V. Bifidobacterium pullorum sp. nov.: a new species isolated from chicken feces and a related group of bifidobacteria isolated from rabbit feces. Arch Microbiol 1974; 98:187-198.
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Record number: 774054
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