Name: Lactovum Matthies et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lact.o’vum. L. neut. n. lac, milk [genitive lactis]; L. neut. n. ovum, egg; N.L. neut. n. Lactovum, egg from milk

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Lactov-), lakt-O-wum

Type species: Lactovum miscens Matthies et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Matthies C, Gossner A, Acker G, Schramm A, Drake HL. Lactovum miscens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerotolerant, psychrotolerant, mixed-fermentative anaerobe from acidic forest soil. Res Microbiol 2004; 155:847-854. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lactovum miscens Matthies et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lactovum odontotermitis Abe et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪

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