Domain : Bacteria
Phylum : Firmicutes
Class : Clostridia
Order : Clostridiales
Family : Ruminococcaceae
Genus : Ruminococcus (Gram-positive)
Name: Ruminococcus Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. n. rumen -inis, the rumen; M.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Ruminococcus, coccus of the rumen
Type species: Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Sijpesteijn AK. Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle. Thesis. University of Leiden, Leiden/The Netherlands, 1948.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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