Name: Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis van Gylswyk et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. ruminis, of the rumen

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A12-1; DSM 9787

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16S rRNA gene: X95893 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from the rumen that closely resembles Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens in phenotype. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:559-563.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudobutyrivibrio van Gylswyk et al. 1996. Publication: Van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from the rumen that closely resembles Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens in phenotype. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:559-563.
  • 😷 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 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudobutyrivibrio van Gylswyk et al. 1996

Assigned by: Van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium from the rumen that closely resembles Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens in phenotype. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:559-563.

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Record number: 779938