Name: Paraclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.clos.tri’di.um. Gr. prep. para, next to, resembling; N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. dim. n. Paraclostridium, next to Clostridium

Gender: neuter (stem: Paraclostridi-)

Type species: Paraclostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Séguin 1918) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Tushar L, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1268-1274.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Bello et al. 2024 Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6301.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sasi-Jyothsna et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Tushar L, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1268-1274.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Weinberg M, Séguin P. La gangrène gazeuse. Bactériologie, Reproduction expérimentale, Séreothérapie. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1918.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; ATCC: 4; DSM: 4; CCRC: 3; BCRC: 3; CCUG: 3; NCIMB: 3; CIP: 2; NCTC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Paeniclostridium from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Paraclostridium benzoelyticum Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraclostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Séguin 1918) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Paraclostridium dentum" Urvashi et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Paraclostridium ghonii (Prévot 1938) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraclostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paraclostridium tenue (Bergey et al. 1923) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.

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