Name: Ruminococcus bromii Moore et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Bromius, a surname of Bacchus (the god of wine); N.L. gen. masc. n. bromii, of Bromius, of Bacchus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27255

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L76600 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moore WEC, Cato EP, Holdeman LV. Ruminococcus bromii sp. n. and emendation of the description of Ruminococcus Sijpestein. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:78-80.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 121 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Cato EP, Holdeman LV. Ruminococcus bromii sp. n. and emendation of the description of Ruminococcus Sijpestein. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:78-80.

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Record number: 784833