
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.13003
Name	Bifidobacterium longum infantis Mattarelli et al. 2008
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Mattarelli et al. 2008
Preferred Name	Bifidobacterium infantis
Taxonomic Rank	subspecies
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.13003
Type Strain representative organism	BF 38^T (=Reuter S12 =S12 =CIP 64.67 =KCTC 3249 =CGMCC 1.2202 =NCTC 11817 =AS 1.2202 =LMG 8811 =CGMCC 1.1853 =NCFB 2205 =JCM 1222 =CUETM 89-19 =AS 1.1853 =BCRC 15416 =ATCC 15697 =CECT 4551 =BCRC 14602 =LMG 10499 =DSM 20088 =KCTC 3270 =CCM 4990 =LMG 11046 =CCTM 3067 =CCUG 18368 =CCUG 30512B)


Proper Form	Bifidobacterium longum infantis Mattarelli et al. 2008
Nomenclatural History	The subspecies Bifidobacterium longum infantis was originally described and validly published by Mattarelli et al. 2008. Nouioui et al. elevated this subspecies to the rank of species to form the name Bifidobacterium infantis (Mattarelli et al. 2008) Reuter 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) in 2018.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bifidobacterium longum infantis Mattarelli et al. 2008.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.13003.
Source File	10.1601/nm.13003.xml


This information was last reviewed on October 25, 2018.

References

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Mattarelli P, Bonaparte C, Pot B, Biavati B. Proposal to reclassify the three biotypes of Bifidobacterium longum as three subspecies: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum subsp. nov., Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis comb. nov. and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:767-772. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65319-0 [PubMed].