Name: Lachnobacterium bovis Whitford et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo’vis. L. masc./fem. n. bos, cow; L. gen. masc./fem. n. bovis, of a cow

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-151; DSM 14045; LRC 5382; YZ 87

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16S rRNA gene: AF298663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whitford MF, Yanke LJ, Forster RJ, Teather RM. Lachnobacterium bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the rumen and faeces of cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1977-1981.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lachnobacterium Whitford et al. 2001. Publication: Whitford MF, Yanke LJ, Forster RJ, Teather RM. Lachnobacterium bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the rumen and faeces of cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1977-1981.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Lachnobacterium Whitford et al. 2001

Assigned by: Whitford MF, Yanke LJ, Forster RJ, Teather RM. Lachnobacterium bovis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the rumen and faeces of cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1977-1981.

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Record number: 777238