Name: "Ramibacterium alactolyticum" Prévot and Taffanel 1942

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23263; CIP 106365; DSM 3980; JCM 6480

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16S rRNA gene: AB036759 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Prévot AR, Taffanel J. Recherches sur une nouvelle espèce anaérobie Ramibacterium alactolyticum (nov. spec.). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1942; 68:259-262.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium alactolyticum (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus (Prévot and Taffanel 1942) Willems and Collins 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Parent taxon: "Ramibacterium" Prevot 1938

Assigned by: Prévot AR, Taffanel J. Recherches sur une nouvelle espèce anaérobie Ramibacterium alactolyticum (nov. spec.). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1942; 68:259-262.

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Record number: 4177