Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bifidobacterium vespertilionis

Name: Bifidobacterium vespertilionis Modesto et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.sper.ti.lio’nis. L. gen. masc. n. vespertilionis, of a bat

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81138; DSM 106025; NBRC 113380; RST 16

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK722394 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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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Record number: 18958
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