Genus Sporobacter
Name: Sporobacter Grech-Mora et al. 1996
Etymology: Spo.ro.bac.ter. Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; from Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Sporobacter, a spore-forming rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Sporobacter-)
Type species: Sporobacter termitidis Grech-Mora et al. 1996
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Grech-Mora I, Fardeau ML, Patel BKC, Ollivier B, Rimbault A, Prensier G, Garcia JL, Garnier-Sillam E. Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:512-518. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
- De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Rainey FA. Family VIII. Ruminococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1016.
- The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Sporobacter termitidis Grech-Mora et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932. 
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