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Species Eubacterium alactolyticum
Name: Eubacterium alactolyticum (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Ramibacterium alactolyticum" Prévot and Taffanel 1942
Etymology: a.lac.to.ly’ti.cum. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. alactolyticum, not milk digesting
Pronunciation, gender: a-lak-to-LY-ti-kum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 23263; CIP 106365; DSM 3980; JCM 6480
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB036759
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 23-30.
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Ramibacterium alactolyticum" Prévot and Taffanel 1942 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Eubacterium alactolyticum 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 Eubacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Eubacterium. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 23-30.
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Record number: 776067
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