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Name: Bifidobacterium ruminantium Biavati and Mattarelli 1991
Etymology: ru.mi.nan’ti.um. L. pres. part. ruminans, ruminating; N.L. gen. pl. n. ruminantium, of ruminants [probably better: ruminantiorum]
Type strain: ATCC 49390; CCUG 34975; CGMCC 1.2241; DSM 6489; JCM 8222; LMG 12588; Ru687
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16S rRNA gene: D86197 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Biavati B, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the rumens of cattle. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:163-168.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Biavati B, Mattarelli P. Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the rumens of cattle. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:163-168.
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Record number: 774056