Name: "Erysipelatoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.ry.si.pe.la.to.clos.tri’di.um. Gr. neut. n. erysipelas, erysipelas; N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus name; from Gr. masc. n. klôstêr, a spindle; N.L. neut. dim. n. Erysipelatoclostridium, Clostridium-like members of the order Erysipelotrichales

Gender: neuter (stem: Erysipelatoclostridi-)

Type species: "Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Yutin and Galperin 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Tyzzerella" Yutin and Galperin 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Inflabilis" Prévot 1938	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Pseudoclostridium" Zhang et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Erysipelatoclostridiaceae" Zakham et al. 2019. Publication: Zakham F, Pillonel T, Brunel AS, Zambelli PY, Greub G, Croxatto A, Bertelli C. Molecular diagnosis and enrichment culture identified a septic pseudoarthrosis due to an infection with Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum. Int J Infect Dis 2019; 81:167-169.
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holdeman LV, Cato EP, Moore WEC. Clostridium ramosum (Vuillemin) comb. nov.: emended description and proposed neotype strain. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:35-39.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; BCRC: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1; NCIMB: 1; CCRC: 1; NCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Erysipelatoclostridium merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Yutin and Galperin 2013	not validly published

Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

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Record number: 9151