Bifidobacterium

Taxonomy ID: 1678 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1678)

current name

Bifidobacterium  Orla-Jensen 1924

NCBI BLAST name: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

"Tissieria"  Pribram 1929 , effective name  ¹⁾

heterotypic synonym

"Bifidibacterium"  Prévot 1938 , effective name  ²⁾

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Bifidobacteriales; Bifidobacteriaceae

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Bifidobacterium (LPSN link)

Gavini F et al. (1991) Gavini, F., Pourcher, A.M., Neut, C., Monget, D., Romond, C., Oger, C., and Izard, D. "Phenotypic differentiation of bifidobacteria of human and animal origins." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1991) 41:548-557.

Jian W et al. (2001) Jian, W., Zhu, L., and Dong, X. "New approach to phylogenetic analysis of the genus Bifidobacterium based on partial HSP60 gene sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:1633-1638.

Kim BJ et al. (2010) Kim, B.J., Kim, H.-Y., Yun, Y.-J., Kim, B.-J., and Kook, Y.-H. "Differentiation of Bifidobacterium species using partial RNA polymerase {beta}-subunit (rpoB) gene sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:2697-2704.

Leblond-Bourget N et al. (1996) Leblond-Bourget, N., Philippe, H., Mangin, I., and Decaris, B. "16S rRNA and 16S to 23S internal transcribed spacer sequence analyses reveal inter- and intraspecific Bifidobacterium phylogeny." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46:102-111.

Orla-Jensen S (1924) Orla-Jensen, S. "La classificationdes des bacteries lactiques." Lait (1924) 4:468-474. [No PubMed record available.]

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

Ventura M et al. (2006) Ventura, M., Canchaya, C., Del Casale, A., Dellaglio, F., Neviani, E., Fitzgerald, G.F., and van Sinderen, D. "Analysis of bifidobacterial evolution using a multilocus approach." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:2783-2792.