Genus Enterocloster
Name: Enterocloster Haas and Blanchard 2020
Etymology: En.ter.o.clos’ter Gr. neut. n. enteron, intestine; Gr. masc. n. klôstêr, spindle, referring to these fusiform rods which inhabit the human gut; N.L. masc. n. Enterocloster, a spindle-shaped organism from the intestine
Type species: Enterocloster clostridioformis (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Haas and Blanchard 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Kaneuchi C, Watanabe K, Terada A, Benno Y, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of Bacteroides clostridiiformis subsp. clostridiiformis (Burri and Ankersmit) Holdeman and Moore and of related organisms: proposal of Clostridium clostridiiforme (Burri and Andersmit) comb. nov. and Clostridium symbiosum (Stevens) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:195-204.
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Kaneuchi C, Watanabe K, Terada A, Benno Y, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of Bacteroides clostridiiformis subsp. clostridiiformis (Burri and Ankersmit) Holdeman and Moore and of related organisms: proposal of Clostridium clostridiiforme (Burri and Andersmit) comb. nov. and Clostridium symbiosum (Stevens) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:195-204.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Enterocloster aldenensis corrig. (Warren et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name Enterocloster aldensis (sic) (Warren et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020 misspelling synonym Enterocloster asparagiformis (Mohan et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name Enterocloster bolteae (Song et al. 2003) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name Enterocloster citroniae (Warren et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name Enterocloster clostridioformis (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name Enterocloster lavalensis (Domingo et al. 2009) Haas and Blanchard 2020 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.
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