Name: Ruminobacter amylophilus (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.my.lo’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. amylophilus, starch loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29744; DSM 1361

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y15992 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Hippe H. Transfer of Bacteroides amylophilus to a new genus Ruminobacter gen. nov., nom. rev., as Ruminobacter amylophilus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:204-207.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ruminobacter (ex Sijpesteijn 1949) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Hippe H. Transfer of Bacteroides amylophilus to a new genus Ruminobacter gen. nov., nom. rev. as Ruminobacter amylophilus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:204-207.
  • 😷 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 67 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 On the Validation List no. 23, Ruminobacter amylophilus is proposed as a new combination of revived epithet. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Parent taxon: Ruminobacter (ex Sijpesteijn 1949) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Hippe H. Transfer of Bacteroides amylophilus to a new genus Ruminobacter gen. nov., nom. rev., as Ruminobacter amylophilus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:204-207.

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