Genus Paeniclostridium
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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").
Paeniclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paeniclostridium ghonii Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. adv. paene, almost; N.L. neut. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Paeniclostridium, almost a Clostridium.
Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna, T. S., Tushar, L., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch. V. 2016. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1268-1274; erratum, 2459.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paeniclostridium ghonii Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25757= BCRC (formerly CCRC) 14548 = CCUG 9282 = DSM 15049 = JCM 1400 = NCIMB 10636.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB542933.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium ghonii Prévot 1938.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. ghonii, of Ghon, named after Professor Ghon, German bacteriologist.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna, T. S., Tushar, L., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch. V. 2016. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1268-1274; erratum, 2459.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paeniclostridium sordellii Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 9714= BCRC (formerly CCRC) 10649 = CCUG 9284 = CIP 103658 = DSM 2141 = JCM 3814 = LMG 15708 = NCIMB 10717.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB075771.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium sordellii Hall and Scott 1927 Rainey et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. sordellii, of Sordelli, named after Professor Alfredo Sordelli, an Argentinian bacteriologist.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna, T. S., Tushar, L., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch. V. 2016. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1268-1274; erratum, 2459.
Original article in IJSEM Online