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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

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

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY196666 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobacterium ruminantium Smith and Hungate 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981. Publication: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Balch and Wolfe) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Balch et al.).
  • 😷 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 84 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.

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Record number: 777825