Name: Ruminococcus palustris Zhilina et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-LUS-tris, 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

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