Species ***Bifidobacterium* *saguini***

Name: Bifidobacterium saguini Endo et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.gu.i.ni. N.L. gen. masc. n. saguini, of Saguinus, isolated from Saguinus midas

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AFB23-1; DSM 23967; JCM 17297

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB559504 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Endo A, Futagawa-Endo Y, Schumann P, Pukall R, Dicks LM. Bifidobacterium reuteri sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callitrichos sp. nov., Bifidobacterium saguini sp. nov., Bifidobacterium stellenboschense sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium biavatii sp. nov. isolated from faeces of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas). Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:92-97. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

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 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 5 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Endo A, Futagawa-Endo Y, Schumann P, Pukall R, Dicks LM. Bifidobacterium reuteri sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callitrichos sp. nov., Bifidobacterium saguini sp. nov., Bifidobacterium stellenboschense sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium biavatii sp. nov. isolated from faeces of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas). Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:92-97. 🇯🇵

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Species Bifidobacterium saguini

Species ***Bifidobacterium* *saguini***