Name: Selenomonas lacticifex Schleifer et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ti’ci.fex. N.L. neut. n. acidum lacticum, lactic acid; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, a maker; N.L. masc. n. lacticifex, a maker of lactic acid (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49690; DSM 20757; VB4b

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16S rRNA gene: AF373024 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schleifer KH, Leuteritz M, Weiss N, Ludwig W, Kirchhof G, Seidel-Rufer H. Taxonomic study of anaerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from breweries: emended description of Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus and description of Pectinatus frisingensis sp. nov., Selenomonas lacticifex sp. nov., Zymophilus raffinosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Zymophilus paucivorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:19-27.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Leuteritz M, Weiss N, Ludwig W, Kirchhof G, Seidel-Rufer H. Taxonomic study of anaerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from breweries: emended description of Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus and description of Pectinatus frisingensis sp. nov., Selenomonas lacticifex sp. nov., Zymophilus raffinosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Zymophilus paucivorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:19-27.

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Record number: 780849