Name: Acetitomaculum ruminis Greening and Leedle 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. ruminis, of the rumen, the source of the bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43876; DSM 5522; Strain 139B

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16S rRNA gene: M59083 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Greening RC, Leedle JA. Enrichment and isolation of Acetitomaculum ruminis, gen. nov., sp. nov.: acetogenic bacteria from the bovine rumen. Arch Microbiol 1989; 151:399-406.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetitomaculum Greening and Leedle 1995. Publication: Greening RC, Leedle JA. Enrichment and isolation of Acetitomaculum ruminis, gen. nov., sp. nov.: acetogenic bacteria from the bovine rumen. Arch Microbiol 1989; 151:399-406.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acetitomaculum Greening and Leedle 1995

Assigned by: Greening RC, Leedle JA. Enrichment and isolation of Acetitomaculum ruminis, gen. nov., sp. nov.: acetogenic bacteria from the bovine rumen. Arch Microbiol 1989; 151:399-406.

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Record number: 772479