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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23193; DL; DSM 2154

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11572 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulforamulus ruminis (Campbell and Postgate 1965) Watanabe et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculum ruminis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfotomaculum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. Publication: Spring S, Visser M, Lu M, Copeland A, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, et al. Complete genome sequence of the sulfate-reducing firmicute Desulfotomaculum ruminis type strain (DL^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 7:304-319.

Parent taxon: Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.

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Record number: 775640