Name: Terrisporobacter Gerritsen et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ter.ri.spo.ro.bac’ter. L. fem. n. terra, soil; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Terrisporobacter, a spore-forming rod found in soil

Gender: masculine (stem: Terrisporobacter-)

Type species: Terrisporobacter glycolicus (Gaston and Stadtman 1963) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gerritsen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gaston LW, Stadtman ER. Fermentation of ethylene glycol by Clostridium glycolicum, sp. n. J Bacteriol 1963; 85:356-362.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; NCTC: 2; ATCC: 2; CCOS: 1; ACCC: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Terrisporobacter glycolicus (Gaston and Stadtman 1963) Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrisporobacter hibernicus Mitchell et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrisporobacter mayombei (Kane et al. 1992) Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrisporobacter muris Afrizal et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Terrisporobacter othiniensis" Lund et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
    Terrisporobacter petrolearius Deng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrisporobacter vanillatitrophus Böer et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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