Name: Lacrimispora Haas and Blanchard 2020
Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.
Etymology: La.cri.mi’spo.ra. L. fem. n. lacrima, a tear; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Lacrimispora, a tear-shaped spore
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lacrimispor-), la-kri-MI-spo-ra
Type species: Lacrimispora sphenoides (Douglas et al. 1919) 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. 
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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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 17
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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