Species Methanobacterium ruminantium

Name: Methanobacterium ruminantium Smith and Hungate 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35063; DSM 1093; JCM 13430; M1; OCM 146

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY196666 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Smith PH, Hungate RE. Isolation and characterization of Methanobacterium ruminantium n. sp. J Bacteriol 1958; 75:713-718.

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

Correct name: Methanobrevibacter ruminantium (Smith and Hungate 1958) Balch and Wolfe 1981

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Methanobrevibacter ruminantium (Smith and Hungate 1958) Balch and Wolfe 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Methanobacterium ruminantium 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 Methanobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith PH, Hungate RE. Isolation and characterization of Methanobacterium ruminantium n. sp. J Bacteriol 1958; 75:713-718.

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Record number: 777800

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