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. — 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 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