Name: Selenomonas ruminantium subsp. lactilytica Bryant 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ti.ly.ti.ca. L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. lactilytica, milk (lactate) dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19205; DSM 2872; JCM 6582

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16S rRNA gene: AB003379 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bryant MP. The characteristics of strains of Selenomonas isolated from bovine rumen contents. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:162-167.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 = "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.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas ruminantium (Certes 1889) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bryant MP. The characteristics of strains of Selenomonas isolated from bovine rumen contents. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:162-167.

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Record number: 780850