Species ***Bifidobacterium* *scardovii***

Name: Bifidobacterium scardovii Hoyles et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: scar.do’vi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. scardovii, of Scardovi, named after Vittorio Scardovi, in recognition of his contribution to our knowledge of the bifidobacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um skar-DO-wi-i, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 13008; CCUG 13008 A; DSM 13734; JCM 12489

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ307005 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Inganas E, Falsen E, Drancourt M, Weiss N, McCartney AL, Collins MD. Bifidobacterium scardovii sp. nov., from human sources. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:995-999. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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.

Notes:
- 😷 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, note = "+". — 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 13 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 In the paper by Hoyles et al. 2002, the type strain CCUG 13008 A is erroneously cited as CCUG 13008. — Falsen E. Personal communication, 2003-05-05.

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

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Inganas E, Falsen E, Drancourt M, Weiss N, McCartney AL, Collins MD. Bifidobacterium scardovii sp. nov., from human sources. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:995-999. 🇬🇧

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Species Bifidobacterium scardovii

Species ***Bifidobacterium* *scardovii***