Name: Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. part. adj. faciens, producing; N.L. part. adj. flavefaciens, yellow-producing

Type strains: ATCC 19208

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP689131 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sijpesteijn AK. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle. Thesis. University of Leiden, Leiden/The Netherlands, 1948.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sijpesteijn AK. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle. Thesis. University of Leiden, Leiden/The Netherlands, 1948.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sijpesteijn AK. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle. Thesis. University of Leiden, Leiden/The Netherlands, 1948.

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