Name: Ruminococcus palustris Zhilina et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lus’tris. L. masc./fem. adj. palustris, marshy, swamp-inhabiting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 105359; DSM 9172; Z-7189

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ296179 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Kotsyurbenko OR, Osipov GA, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Ruminococcus palustris sp. nov.—a psychroactive anaerobic organism from a swamp. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:674-680.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 60. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:242.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Trichococcus palustris (Zhilina et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2002

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Trichococcus palustris (Zhilina et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ruminococcus palustris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ruminococcus.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Kotsyurbenko OR, Osipov GA, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Ruminococcus palustris sp. nov.—a psychroactive anaerobic organism from a swamp. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:674-680.

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Record number: 780616