Bifidobacterium apri sp. nov., a thermophilic actinobacterium isolated from digestive tract of wild pigs (Sus scrofa)

• Authors: PECHAR R.; KILLER Jiří; GEIGEROVÁ M.; ŠVEJSTIL R.; ŠVEC Pavel; SEDLÁČEK Ivo; RADA Vojtěch; BENADA Ondřej; SALMONOVA H.
• Year of publication: 2017
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001956
• Field: Microbiology, virology
• Keywords: Bifidobacterium; wild pigs; thermophilic bifidobacteria; MLST
• Description: Based on polyphasic identification the evaluated bacterial isolate was classified as representing a separate taxon within the specific group of tžhermophilic bifidobacteria and the name Bifidobacterium apri has been proposed.