Genus Cellulosilyticum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Cellulosilyticum Cai and Dong 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cellulosilyticum ruminicola Cai and Dong 2010.
Etymology: N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum (from Gr. neut. adj. lutikon), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. n. Cellulosilyticum, a bacterium able to dissolve cellulose.
Valid publication: CAI (S.) and DONG (X.): Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 845-849.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cellulosilyticum lentocellum (Murray et al. 1987) Cai and Dong 2010, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RHM5 = ATCC 49066= DSM 5427 = NCIMB 11756.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X71851, CP002582 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium lentocellum Murray et al. 1987.
Etymology: L. adj. lentus, slow; N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. neut. adj. lentocellum, intended to mean slowly fermenting cellulose.
Valid publication: CAI (S.) and DONG (X.): Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 845-849.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cellulosilyticum ruminicola Cai and Dong 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H1 = CGMCC 1.5065 = JCM 14822.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF382648.
Etymology: L. n. rumen -inis, the rumen; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. ruminicola, rumen dweller.
Valid publication: CAI (S.) and DONG (X.): Cellulosilyticum ruminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of yak, and reclassification of Clostridium lentocellum as Cellulosilyticum lentocellum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 845-849.
Original article in IJSEM Online