Ruminobacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Ruminobacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Ruminobacter (ex Sijpesteijn 1949) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Ruminobacter amylophilus (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987.
Synonym: "Ruminobacter" Sijpesteijn 1949.
Etymology: L. n. rumen -inis, the rumen; N.L. masc. n. bacter, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Ruminobacter, small rod of the rumen.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 23. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 179-180. [STACKEBRANDT (E.) and 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.]
Validation List N° 23 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Ruminobacter amylophilus (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Stackebrandt and Hippe 1987, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 29744 = DSM 1361.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15992.
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Ruminobacter amylophilum" (sic) (Hamlin and Hungate 1956) Prévot 1966.
Etymology: Gr. n. amulon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. amylophilus, starch loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 23. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 179-180. [STACKEBRANDT (E.) and 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.]
Validation List N° 23 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: On the validation list n° 23, Ruminobacter amylophilus is proposed as a new combination of revived epithet.