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| Ruminococcus flavefaciens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Oscillospiraceae |
| Genus: | Ruminococcus |
| Species: | R. flavefaciens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruminococcus flavefaciens Sijpesteijn 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 19208 | |
Ruminococcus flavefaciens is a species of cellulolytic, strictly anaerobic bacterium in the genus Ruminococcus. It is associated with the rumen of cattle and other ruminants, where it contributes to the degradation of plant cell-wall material. R. flavefaciens is the type species of the genus Ruminococcus.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Ruminococcus flavefaciens was first described during work on cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle.[2]
The specific epithet flavefaciens means "yellow-producing".[1]
Description
[edit]R. flavefaciens is generally described as a Gram-positive, anaerobic rumen bacterium. It is one of the major cultivated cellulolytic bacterial species of the rumen, along with Fibrobacter succinogenes and Ruminococcus albus.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Species: Ruminococcus flavefaciens". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Sijpesteijn, A. K. (1948). Cellulose-decomposing bacteria from the rumen of cattle (Thesis). Leiden, Netherlands: University of Leiden.
- ↑ Yeoman, Carl J.; Fields, Christopher J.; Lepercq, Pascale; Ruiz, Philippe; Forano, Evelyne; White, Bryan A.; Mosoni, Pascale (2021). "In vivo competitions between Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminococcus albus in a gnotobiotic sheep model revealed by multi-omic analyses". mBio. 12 (2): e03533-20. doi:10.1128/mBio.03533-20. PMC 8092306.
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