Name: Ruminococcus lactaris Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ta’ris. L. masc. adj. lactaris, suckling, milk-drinking

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29176; VPI X6; VPI X6-29

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L76602 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moore WEC, Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Emendation of Bacteriodaceae and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:238-252.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mediterraneibacter lactaris" (Moore et al. 1976) Togo et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Johnson JL, Holdeman LV. Emendation of Bacteriodaceae and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:238-252.

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Record number: 784837