Name: Agathobacter ruminis Rosero et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Type strains: DSM 29029; JK623; LMG 28559

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: KT229569

Valid publication: Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Agathobacter Rosero et al. 2016

Assigned by: Rosero JA, Killer J, Sechovcova H, Mrazek J, Benada O, Fliegerova K, Havlik J, Kopecny J. Reclassification of Eubacterium rectale (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Prevot 1938 in a new genus Agathobacter gen. nov. as Agathobacter rectalis comb. nov., and description of Agathobacter ruminis sp. nov., isolated from the rumen contents of sheep and cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:768-773.

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