Genus "Inflabilis"

Name: "Inflabilis" Prévot 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: In.fla’bi.lis. N.L. masc. n. Inflabilis

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Inflabil-), in-FLA-bi-lis

Type species: "Inflabilis barati" Prévot 1938

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Lachnoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Thomasclavelia Lawson et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Erysipelatoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
"Pseudoclostridium" Zhang et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🚂 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, Moore WEC. Clostridia. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 57-66.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Inflablis"; "Inhabilis"; "Injlabilis"; "Jnflabilis"; "Znflabilis".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; JCM: 4; DSM: 4; CCRC: 2; BCRC: 2; CCUG: 2; CIP: 1; NCIMB: 1.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "INFL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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: 5

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Inflabilis barati" Prévot 1938	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
"Inflabilis lituseburense" Laplanche and Saissac 1948	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
"Inflabilis mangenoti" Prévot and Zimmès-Chaverou 1947	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
"Inflabilis mangenotii" corrig. Prévot and Zimmès-Chaverou 1947	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
"Inflabilis talis" Prévot 1947	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170.

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