Genus Petroclostridium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Petroclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Petroclostridium xylanilyticum Zhang et al. 2018.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. petra, rock, referring to petroleum; N.L. neut. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Petroclostridium, a Clostridium from petroleum reservoirs.
Valid publication: ZHANG, X., TU, B., DAI, L.-R., LAWSON, P. A., ZHENG, Z.-Z., LIU, L.-Y., DENG, Y., ZHANG, H. and CHENG, L. 2018. Petroclostridium xylanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from an oilfield, and reclassification of clostridial cluster III members into four novel genera in a new Hungateiclostridiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3197-3211.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Petroclostridium xylanilyticum Zhang et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SK-Y3=DSM 103557=ACCC 19952.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT630605.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: GCA_002252565.1.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. xylanum, xylan; N.L. adj. lyticus (from Gr. adj. lytikos), dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. xylanilyticum, xylan-dissolving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: ZHANG, X., TU, B., DAI, L.-R., LAWSON, P. A., ZHENG, Z.-Z., LIU, L.-Y., DENG, Y., ZHANG, H. and CHENG, L. 2018. Petroclostridium xylanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from an oilfield, and reclassification of clostridial cluster III members into four novel genera in a new Hungateiclostridiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3197-3211.
Original article in IJSEM Online