Genus Hungateiclostridium

Name: Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hun.ga.te.i.clos.tri’di.um. N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. dim. n. Hungateiclostridium, a Clostridium named after R. E. Hungate in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the studies of anaerobes

Gender: neuter (stem: Hungateiclostridi-)

Type species: Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018

Valid publication: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. 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 2018; 68:3197-3211.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Acetanaerobacter" Zou et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Herbivorax Koeck et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Hungateiclostridiaceae Zhang et al. 2018. Publication: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. 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 2018; 68:3197-3211.
- Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Acetivibrionaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
- Zhang et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Hungateiclostridiaceae Zhang et al. 2018. Publication: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. 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 2018; 68:3197-3211.
- For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Publication: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hungateiclostri"; "Hungateiclostridum".
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; NBRC: 3; ATCC: 3; LMG: 2; VKM: 2; CECT: 2; JCM: 2; NRRL: 1.
- Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018 is illegitimate because it contains the nomenclatural type of Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980, which has priority. Publication: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium mesophilum Rettenmaier et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.

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