Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.4153

Name

Ruminococcus albus Hungate 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 emend. Rogosa 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

7^T (=DSM 20455 =NCDO 2250 =ATCC 27210)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species 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)
species Ruminococcus albus Hungate 1957 (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.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.16223	8
10.1601/ex.17093	V10Sc8a

Citation

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

Taxon Abstract for the species Ruminococcus albus Hungate 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.4153.

Source File

10.1601/tx.4153.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 2, 2017.

References

Hungate RE. Microorganisms in the rumen of cattle fed a constant ration. Can J Microbiol 1957; 3:289-311. [PubMed].