Name: Desulforamulus ruminis (Campbell and Postgate 1965) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum ruminis Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ru’mi.nis. L. neut. n. rumen, throat, first stomach (rumen) of a ruminant; L. gen. neut. n. ruminis, of a rumen

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23193; DL; DSM 2154

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11572 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 2-8.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum ruminis Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulforamulus Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 2-8.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulforamulus Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 2-8.

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Record number: 17704