Genus Ruthenibacterium
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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").
Ruthenibacterium Shkoporov et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans Shkoporov et al. 2016.
Etymology: M.L. fem. n. Ruthenia, medieval Latin name of Russia; Gr. dim. n. bakterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Ruthenibacterium, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated in Russia.
Valid publication: SHKOPOROV, A. N., CHAPLIN, A. V., SHCHERBAKOVA, V. A., SUZINA, N. E., KAFARSKAIA, L. I., BOZHENKO, V. K. and EFIMOV, B. A. 2016. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3041-3049.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans Shkoporov et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 585-1=DSM 100348=VKM B-2901.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM098109.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: JXXK01000000.
Etymology: L. part. perf. pass. masc. lactatus, fed with milk, lactate; L. part. adj. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. lactatiformans, lactate-forming.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: SHKOPOROV, A. N., CHAPLIN, A. V., SHCHERBAKOVA, V. A., SUZINA, N. E., KAFARSKAIA, L. I., BOZHENKO, V. K. and EFIMOV, B. A. 2016. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3041-3049.
Original article in IJSEM Online