Name: "Peptoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pep.to.clos.tri’di.um. Gr. ind. v. peptô, digest; N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus name; from Gr. masc. n. klôstêr, a spindle; N.L. neut. dim. n. Peptoclostridium, the digesting clostridium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Peptoclostridi-), pep-to-klos-TRI-di-um

Original publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Peptoclostridium Galperin et al. 2016.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Peptoclostridium difficile" (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Yutin and Galperin 2013	not validly published	synonym

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