Name: Ruminobacter (ex Sijpesteijn 1949) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Ru.mi.no.bac’ter. L. neut. n. rumen (gen. ruminis), the rumen; N.L. masc. n. bacter, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Ruminobacter, small rod of the rumen

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Ruminobacter-), ru-mi-no-BAK-ter

Type species: Ruminobacter amylophilus (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Hippe H. Transfer of Bacteroides amylophilus to a new genus Ruminobacter gen. nov., nom. rev. as Ruminobacter amylophilus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:204-207.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hamlin LJ, Hungate RE. Culture and physiology of a starch-digesting bacterium (Bacteroides amylophilus n. sp.) from the bovine rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:548-554.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rueminobacter"; "Rumiriobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 3; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RMBR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ruminobacter amylophilus (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ruminobacter parvum" Prévot 1966	not validly published	preferred name
    "Ruminobacter ruminicola" (Bryant et al. 1958) Prévot 1966	not validly published	synonym
    "Ruminobacter succinogenes" (Hungate 1950) Prévot 1966	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Succinivibrionaceae Hippe et al. 1999

Assigned by: Hippe H, Hagelstein A, Kramer I, Swiderski J, Stackebrandt E. Phylogenetic analysis of Formivibrio citricus, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus, Anaerobiospirillum thomasii, Succinimonas amylolytica and Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens and proposal of Succinivibrionaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:779-782.

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