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Species Bifidobacterium pseudolongum
Name: Bifidobacterium pseudolongum Mitsuoka 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: pseu.do.lon’gum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. neut. adj. longum, a specific epithet; N.L. neut. adj. pseudolongum, false (Bifidobacterium) longum
Pronunciation, gender: pse͡u-do-LON-gum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 25526; BCRC 14673; CCRC 14673; CCUG 34981; CGMCC 1.2185; CIP 105352; DSM 20099; HAMBI 113; JCM 1205; LMG 11571; PNC-2-9G
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
D86195
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Mitsuoka T. Vergleichende Untersuchungen über die Bifidobakterien aus dem Verdauungstrakt von Menschen und Tieren. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1969; 210:52-64.
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)
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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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. — 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 181 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Bifidobacterium pseudolongum subsp. globosum (Biavati et al. 1982 ex Scardovi et al. 1969) Yaeshima et al. 1992 validly published under the ICNP synonym Bifidobacterium pseudolongum subsp. pseudolongum (Mitsuoka 1969) Yaeshima et al. 1992 validly published under the ICNP synonym of its species
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Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Mitsuoka T. Vergleichende Untersuchungen über die Bifidobakterien aus dem Verdauungstrakt von Menschen und Tieren. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1969; 210:52-64.
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Record number: 774051
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