Name: Trichococcus palustris (Zhilina et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruminococcus palustris Zhilina et al. 1997

Etymology: pa.lus’tris. L. masc./fem. adj. palustris, swampy, marshy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 105359; DSM 9172; Z-7189

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ296179 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu JR, Tanner RS, Schumann P, Weiss N, McKenzie CA, Janssen PH, Seviour EM, Lawson PA, Allen TD, Seviour RJ. Emended description of the genus Trichococcus, description of Trichococcus collinsii sp. nov., and reclassification of Lactosphaera pasteurii as Trichococcus pasteurii comb. nov. and of Ruminococcus palustris as Trichococcus palustris comb. nov. in the low-G+C gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1113-1126.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruminococcus palustris Zhilina et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13904 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Liu JR, Tanner RS, Schumann P, Weiss N, McKenzie CA, Janssen PH, Seviour EM, Lawson PA, Allen TD, Seviour RJ. Emended description of the genus Trichococcus, description of Trichococcus collinsii sp. nov., and reclassification of Lactosphaera pasteurii as Trichococcus pasteurii comb. nov. and of Ruminococcus palustris as Trichococcus palustris comb. nov. in the low-G+C gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1113-1126.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/trichococcus-palustrisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 782848