Name: Parascardovia denticolens (Crociani et al. 1996) Jian and Dong 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bifidobacterium denticolens Crociani et al. 1996

Etymology: den.ti.co.lens. L. pres. part. colens, dwelling; N.L. part. adj. denticolens, tooth-dwelling

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B 3028; CCUG 35728; CCUG 36886; CGMCC 1.2280; DSM 10105; JCM 12538; NCTC 12936

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D89331 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jian W, Dong X. Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:809-812.

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bifidobacterium denticolens Crociani et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parascardovia Jian and Dong 2002. Publication: Jian W, Dong X. Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:809-812.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parascardovia Jian and Dong 2002

Assigned by: Jian W, Dong X. Transfer of Bifidobacterium inopinatum and Bifidobacterium denticolens to Scardovia inopinata gen. nov., comb. nov., and Parascardovia denticolens gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:809-812.

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