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Species Bifidobacterium boum

Name: Bifidobacterium boum Scardovi et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: bo’um. L. masc./fem. n. bos, a cow, an ox, a bull; L. gen. masc./fem. pl. n. boum, of cattle

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bi-fi-do-bak-TE-ri-um BO-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27917; BCRC 14677; CCRC 14677; CCUG 24608; CCUG 44932; CGMCC 1.2272; DSM 20432; JCM 1211; LMG 10736; RU917

16S rRNA gene: D86190 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Scardovi V, Trovatelli LD, Biavati B, Zani G. Bifidobacterium cuniculi, Bifidobacterium choerinum, Bifidobacterium boum, and Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum: four new species and their deoxyribonucleic acid homology relationships. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:291-311.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 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 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: Scardovi V, Trovatelli LD, Biavati B, Zani G. Bifidobacterium cuniculi, Bifidobacterium choerinum, Bifidobacterium boum, and Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum: four new species and their deoxyribonucleic acid homology relationships. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:291-311.

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Record number: 774027