Species ***Bifidobacterium* *rousetti***

Name: Bifidobacterium rousetti Modesto et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.u.set’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. rousetti, of Rousettus aegyptiacus, the Egyptian fruit bat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um ro-u-SET-ti, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81136; DSM 106023; DSM 106027; NBRC 113378; RST 9

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK722392 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Modesto M, Satti M, Watanabe K, Puglisi E, Morelli L, Huang CH, Liou JS, Miyashita M, Tamura T, Saito S, et al. Corrigendum to Characterization of Bifidobacterium species in feaces of the Egyptian fruit bat: Description of Bifidobacterium vespertilionis sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium rousetti sp. nov. [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 126017]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126169. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 See also Modesto et al. (2019). Publication: Modesto M, Satti M, Watanabe K, Puglisi E, Morelli L, Huang CH, Liou JS, Miyashita M, Tamura T, Saito S, et al. Characterization of Bifidobacterium species in feaces of the Egyptian fruit bat: Description of B. vespertilionis sp. nov. and B. rousetti sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:126017. 🇮🇹
- 🧍 The corresponding author requested a corrigendum in SAM because the DSM number of the type strain was incorrect in the original publication. — Mattarelli P. Personal communication, 2020-11-19.

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

Assigned by: Modesto M, Satti M, Watanabe K, Puglisi E, Morelli L, Huang CH, Liou JS, Miyashita M, Tamura T, Saito S, et al. Corrigendum to Characterization of Bifidobacterium species in feaces of the Egyptian fruit bat: Description of Bifidobacterium vespertilionis sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium rousetti sp. nov. [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 126017]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126169. 🇮🇹

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Species Bifidobacterium rousetti

Species ***Bifidobacterium* *rousetti***