Genus Pseudoclostridium
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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").
Pseudoclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pseudoclostridium thermosuccinogenes Zhang et al. 2018.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. neut. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Pseudoclostridium, a false Clostridium.
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
Pseudoclostridium thermosuccinogenes Zhang et al. 2018, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IC=DSM 5807.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y18180.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP021850.2.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium thermosuccinogenes Drent et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennaio, produce; N.L. adj. thermosuccinogenes, succinic acid producing under heat.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
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