Family Ruminococcaceae
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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).
Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Ruminococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Ruminococcaceae, family of the genus Ruminococcus.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 469-472.
Effective publication: RAINEY (F.A.): Family VIII. Ruminococcaceae fam. nov. In: P. DE VOS, G.M. GARRITY, D. JONES, N.R. KRIEG, W. LUDWIG, F.A. RAINEY, K.H. SCHLEIFER and W.B. WHITMAN (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 1016.
Validation List no. 132 in IJSEM Online
