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.
  • 🎓 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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