Name: Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: fla.ve.fa.ci.ens. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; N.L. part. adj. flavefaciens, yellow-producing [probably better: flavifaciens]
Type strain: ATCC 19208
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16S rRNA gene: KP689131 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Sijpesteijn AK. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle. Thesis. University of Leiden, Leiden in 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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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 in The Netherlands, 1948.
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Record number: 784835