Name: Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans Shkoporov et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ta.ti.for’mans. L. masc. perf. part. lactatus, fed with milk, lactate; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. lactatiformans, lactate-forming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 585-1; DSM 100348; VKM B-2901

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16S rRNA gene: KM098109 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shkoporov AN, Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Suzina NE, Kafarskaia LI, Bozhenko VK, Efimov BA. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3041-3049.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ruthenibacterium Shkoporov et al. 2016. Publication: Shkoporov AN, Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Suzina NE, Kafarskaia LI, Bozhenko VK, Efimov BA. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3041-3049.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ruthenibacterium Shkoporov et al. 2016

Assigned by: Shkoporov AN, Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Suzina NE, Kafarskaia LI, Bozhenko VK, Efimov BA. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, lactate-producing member of the family Ruminococcaceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3041-3049.

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