Name: Ruminococcus schinkii Rieu-Lesme et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: schin’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schinkii, of Schink, named after Bernard Schink, a German bacteriologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Bie 41; CCUG 53897; CIP 105464; DSM 10518; JCM 14657

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X94964 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rieu-Lesme F, Morvan B, Collins MD, Fonty G, Willems A. A new H2/CO2-using acetogenic bacterium from the rumen: description of Ruminococcus schinkii sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 140:281-286.

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: Blautia schinkii (Rieu-Lesme et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Blautia schinkii (Rieu-Lesme et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ruminococcus schinkii 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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rieu-Lesme F, Morvan B, Collins MD, Fonty G, Willems A. A new H2/CO2-using acetogenic bacterium from the rumen: description of Ruminococcus schinkii sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 140:281-286.

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