Genus Pseudoramibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Pseudoramibacter Willems and Collins 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pseudês, false; L. masc. n. ramus, a branch; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Pseudoramibacter, false branching rod.
Valid publication: WILLEMS (A.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phylogenetic relationships of the genera Acetobacterium and Eubacterium sensu stricto and reclassification of Eubacterium alactolyticum as Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1083-1087.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23263= CIP 106365 = DSM 3980 = JCM 6480.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB036759.
Basonym: ¤ Eubacterium alactolyticum (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Ramibacterium alactolyticum" Prévot and Taffanel 1942, "Ramibacterium dentium" Vinzent and Reynes 1947, "Ramibacterium pleuriticum" Prévot et al. 1947.
Etymology: Gr. prep. a, not; L. n. lac lactis, milk; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lutikos), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. alactolyticus, not milk digesting.
Valid publication: WILLEMS (A.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phylogenetic relationships of the genera Acetobacterium and Eubacterium sensu stricto and reclassification of Eubacterium alactolyticum as Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1083-1087.
Original article in IJSEM Online