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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mediterraneibacter lactaris"

Name: "Mediterraneibacter lactaris" (Moore et al. 1976) Togo et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruminococcus lactaris Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: lac.ta’ris. L. masc. adj. lactaris, milk-drinking [referring to its rapid fermentation of lactose and curding of milk]

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 29176; VPI X6; VPI X6-29

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L76602 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Togo AH, Diop A, Bittar F, Maraninchi M, Valero R, Armstrong N, Dubourg G, Labas N, Richez M, Delerce J, et al. Description of Mediterraneibacter massiliensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus isolated from the gut microbiota of an obese patient and reclassification of Ruminococcus faecis, Ruminococcus lactaris, Ruminococcus torques, Ruminococcus gnavus and Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum as Mediterraneibacter faecis comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter lactaris comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter torques comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter gnavus comb. nov. and Mediterraneibacter glycyrrhizinilyticus comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2107-2128.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Ruminococcus lactaris Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: Mediterraneibacter Togo et al. 2019

Assigned by: Togo AH, Diop A, Bittar F, Maraninchi M, Valero R, Armstrong N, Dubourg G, Labas N, Richez M, Delerce J, et al. Description of Mediterraneibacter massiliensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus isolated from the gut microbiota of an obese patient and reclassification of Ruminococcus faecis, Ruminococcus lactaris, Ruminococcus torques, Ruminococcus gnavus and Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum as Mediterraneibacter faecis comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter lactaris comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter torques comb. nov., Mediterraneibacter gnavus comb. nov. and Mediterraneibacter glycyrrhizinilyticus comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:2107-2128.

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Record number: 2178
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