Name: "Inflabilis lituseburense" Laplanche and Saissac 1948

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tus.e.bu.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. lituseburense, referring to Litus Eburneum

Pronunciation, gender: li-tus-e-bu-REN-se, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25759; BCRC 14536; CCRC 14536; CCUG 18920; DSM 797; JCM 1404; NCIB 10637; NCIMB 10637

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16S rRNA gene: M59107 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Romboutsia lituseburensis (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium lituseburense (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) McClung and McCoy 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Romboutsia lituseburensis (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) Gerritsen et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Inflabilis" Prévot 1938

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170.

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Record number: 4156