Name: Cellulosilyticum ruminicola Cai and Dong 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.mi.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. rumen (gen. ruminis), the rumen; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ruminicola, rumen dweller (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5065; DSM 23859; H1; JCM 14822

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16S rRNA gene: EF382648 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai S, Dong X. Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:845-849.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cellulosilyticum Cai and Dong 2010. Publication: Cai S, Dong X. Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:845-849.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cellulosilyticum Cai and Dong 2010

Assigned by: Cai S, Dong X. Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:845-849.

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