Name: Romboutsia Gerritsen et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rom.bout’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Romboutsia, in honour of the Dutch microbiologist Frans M. Rombouts, in recognition of his contributions to food microbiology and probiotic research

Gender: feminine (stem: Romboutsi-)

Type species: Romboutsia ilealis Gerritsen et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Wang et al. 2015 Wang Y, Song J, Zhai Y, Zhang C, Gerritsen J, Wang H, Chen X, Li Y, Zhao B, Zhao B, et al. Romboutsia sedimentorum sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline-saline lake sediment and emended description of the genus Romboutsia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1193-1198. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Bello et al. 2024 Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6301.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gerritsen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Romboutsla".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; KCTC: 2; JCM: 2; CCRC: 1; CCUG: 1; NCIMB: 1; ATCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; BCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Romboutsia faecis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Romboutsia hominis Gerritsen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Romboutsia ilealis Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Romboutsia lituseburensis (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Romboutsia maritimum" Maheux et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Romboutsia sedimentorum Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Romboutsia timonensis" Ricaboni et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Romboutsia weinsteinii" Maheux et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.

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