Species ***Actinomyces* *ruminicola***

Name: Actinomyces ruminicola An et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.min.i’co.la. L. neut. n. rumen (gen. ruminis), first stomach of ruminants, rumen; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ruminicola, an inhabitant of rumen, indicating that the type strain was originally isolated from cattle rumen

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 71; CGMCC 1.5030; DSM 27982; JCM 13352

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ072005 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An D, Cai S, Dong X. Actinomyces ruminicola sp. nov., isolated from cattle rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2043-2048.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13253 (N = 13).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: An D, Cai S, Dong X. Actinomyces ruminicola sp. nov., isolated from cattle rumen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2043-2048.

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Species Actinomyces ruminicola

Species ***Actinomyces* *ruminicola***