Name: Oscillibacter ruminantium Lee et al. 2013

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: masculine

Type strain: GH1; JCM 18333; KCTC 15176; NBRC 108824

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF750939 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee GH, Rhee MS, Chang DH, Lee J, Kim S, Yoon MH, Kim BC. Oscillibacter ruminantium sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of Korean native cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1942-1946.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Le Roy et al. 2020 Le Roy T, Van der Smissen P, Paquot A, Delzenne N, Muccioli GG, Collet JF, Cani PD. Dysosmobacter welbionis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Oscillibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4851-4858. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Oscillibacter Iino et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lee GH, Rhee MS, Chang DH, Lee J, Kim S, Yoon MH, Kim BC. Oscillibacter ruminantium sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of Korean native cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1942-1946.

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Record number: 790885