Jian and Dong §, 811VP
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Scardovia
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria
Bifidobacteriales
Published Online: 14 SEP 2015
DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00023
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Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
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Mattarelli, P. and Biavati, B. 2015. Scardovia. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1–6.
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Abstract
Scar.do'vi.a. N.L. fem. n. Scardovia named after Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist who has made many contributions to our knowledge of bifidobacteria.
Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Bifidobacteriales / Bifidobacteriaceae / Scardovia
Gram-stain-positive, non-acid-fast. Nonsporeforming. Nonmotile, anaerobic, rod-shaped cells that are small and coccoid and of variable shape. Saccharoclastic. Glucose is degraded exclusively and characteristically through the fructose 6-phosphate (F6PPK; EC 4.1.2.22) shunt (see treatment of the genus Bifidobacterium, above). The products from glucose fermentation are l-(+)-lactic acid and acetic acid in the molar ratio of 1:2.9. Dextran is fermented. Found in human dental caries and plaque.
DNA G+C content (mol%): 45 ± 1 (Tm).
Type species: Scardovia inopinata (Crociani, Biavati, Alessandrini, Chiarini and Scardovi 1996) Jian and Dong 2002, 811VP (Bifidobacterium inopinatum Crociani, Biavati, Alessandrini, Chiarini and Scardovi 1996, 569).
Keywords:
- Scardovia;
- Scardovia inopinata;
- Bifidobacteriaceae
