Genus Lutispora

Name: Lutispora Shiratori et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Lu.ti’spo.ra. L. neut. n. lutum, mud, sludge; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Lutispora, a spore-forming organism that lives in anaerobic sludge

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Lutispor-), lu-TI-spo-ra

Type species: Lutispora thermophila Shiratori et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shiratori H, Ohiwa H, Ikeno H, Ayame S, Kataoka N, Miya A, Beppu T, Ueda K. Lutispora thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming bacterium isolated from a thermophilic methanogenic bioreactor digesting municipal solid wastes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:964-969. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • El Houari et al. 2023 El Houari A, Carpenter M, Chaplin D, Golyshin P, McDonald JE. Lutispora saccharofermentans sp. nov., a mesophilic, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting anaerobic sludge, and emendation of the genus Lutispora to include species which are non-spore-forming and mesophilic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5683. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Lutisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Lutisporales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Lutisporaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Lutisporales Chuvochina et al. 2024. 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. 🇦🇺
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06465 (N = 13).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lutispora saccharofermentans El Houari et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lutispora thermophila Shiratori et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shiratori H, Ohiwa H, Ikeno H, Ayame S, Kataoka N, Miya A, Beppu T, Ueda K. Lutispora thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming bacterium isolated from a thermophilic methanogenic bioreactor digesting municipal solid wastes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:964-969. 🇯🇵

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