Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.4151

Name

Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 emend. Rogosa 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019

Members

species	Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus albus Hungate 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus bicirculans Liu et al. 2022
species	Ruminococcus bovis Gaffney et al. 2021
species	Ruminococcus bromii Moore et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus callidus Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus champanellensis Chassard et al. 2012
species	Ruminococcus difficilis Liu et al. 2021
species	Ruminococcus faecis Kim et al. 2011
species	Ruminococcus gauvreauii Domingo et al. 2008
species	Ruminococcus gnavus Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus hansenii (Holdeman and Moore 1974) Ezaki et al. 1994
species	Ruminococcus hominis Liu et al. 2021
species	Ruminococcus hydrogenotrophicus Bernalier et al. 1997
species	Ruminococcus intestinalis Liu et al. 2021
species	Ruminococcus lactaris Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus luti Simmering et al. 2002
species	Ruminococcus obeum Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus palustris Zhilina et al. 1997
species	Ruminococcus pasteurii Schink 1985
species	Ruminococcus phoceensis Togo et al. 2016
species	Ruminococcus productus (Prévot 1941) Ezaki et al. 1994
species	Ruminococcus schinkii Rieu-Lesme et al. 1997
species	Ruminococcus torques Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Ruminococcus sp. None 2015

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
genus Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 emend. Rogosa 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 emend. Rogosa 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.4151.

Source File

10.1601/tx.4151.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 22, 2022.

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