Name: Bombiscardovia coagulans Killer et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.a’gu.lans. L. v. coagulo, to curdle or coagulate; L. part. adj. coagulans, curdling, coagulating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1586; BLAPIII-AGV; CCM 7739; DSM 22924

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU127550 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Killer J, Kopecny J, Mrazek J, Havlik J, Koppova I, Benada O, Rada V, Kofronova O. Bombiscardovia coagulans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Bifidobacteriaceae isolated from the digestive tract of bumblebees. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:359-366.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bombiscardovia Killer et al. 2014. Publication: Killer J, Kopecny J, Mrazek J, Havlik J, Koppova I, Benada O, Rada V, Kofronova O. Bombiscardovia coagulans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Bifidobacteriaceae isolated from the digestive tract of bumblebees. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:359-366.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species may be reclassified as Bifidobacterium". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Bombiscardovia Killer et al. 2014

Assigned by: Killer J, Kopecny J, Mrazek J, Havlik J, Koppova I, Benada O, Rada V, Kofronova O. Bombiscardovia coagulans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Bifidobacteriaceae isolated from the digestive tract of bumblebees. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:359-366.

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