Name: Acetitomaculum ruminis Greening and Leedle 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. gen. n. ruminis, of the rumen, the source of the bacterium

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

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16S rRNA gene accession number: M59083

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

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.

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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