Classification of a moderately oxygen-tolerant isolate from baby faeces as Bifidobacterium thermophilum

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Table 2 16S rDNA sequence homologies of Bifidobacterium sp. RBL67 with 16S rDNA sequences found in the GenBank

Bifidobacterium sp. RBL67 [GenBank: DQ340557] compared with*	% Identity {Gaps}
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. porcinum LMG 21689^T complete sequence [GenBank: AY148470]	99 {2}
Bifidobacterium boum JCM1211^T 16S rDNA partial sequence [Genbank: D86190]	97 {2}
Bifidobacterium sp. group I-3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence [GenBank: AF321295]	97 {5}
B. thermacidophilum subsp. thermacidophilum LMG21395^T 16S rDNA complete sequence [GenBank: AB016246]	96 {12}
Bifidobacterium saeculare DSM6533^T 16S rDNA partial sequence [GenBank: D89330]	95 {6}
Bifidobacterium subtile JCM 7109^T 16S rDNA partial sequence [GenBank: D89329]	95 {6}
Bifidobacterium thermophilum ATCC 25525^T 16S rDNA partial sequence [GenBank: U10151]	94 {8}

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