Name: Romboutsia lituseburensis (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Inflabilis lituseburense" Laplanche and Saissac 1948

Etymology: li.tus.e.bu.ren’sis. L. neut. n. litus, coast; L. neut. n. ebur, ivory; N.L. fem. adj. lituseburensis, pertaining to Côte d’Ivoire

Pronunciation, gender: li-tus-e-bu-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25759; BCRC 14536; CCRC 14536; CCUG 18920; DSM 797; JCM 1404; NCIB 10637; NCIMB 10637

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59107 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium lituseburense (Laplanche and Saissac 1948) McClung and McCoy 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Inflabilis lituseburense" Laplanche and Saissac 1948	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00356 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Romboutsia Gerritsen et al. 2014

Assigned by: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

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Record number: 791846