Species ***Eubacterium* *ruminantium***

Name: Eubacterium ruminantium Bryant 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.mi.nan’ti.um. N.L. gen. pl. n. ruminantium, of ruminants [probably better: ruminantiorum]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-bak-TE-ri-um ru-mi-NAN-ti-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 17233; DSM 20704

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB008552 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bryant MP. Bacterial species of the rumen. Bacteriol Rev 1959; 23:125-153.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02629 (N = 5).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 106 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 the genus.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species affiliating among Lachnospiraceae and according to the topology could be a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Eubacterium Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bryant MP. Bacterial species of the rumen. Bacteriol Rev 1959; 23:125-153.

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Species Eubacterium ruminantium

Species ***Eubacterium* *ruminantium***