Name: Acetivibrio clariflavus (Shiratori et al. 2009) Tindall 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium clariflavum Shiratori et al. 2009

Etymology: cla.ri.fla’vus. L. masc. adj. clarus, clear, bright, shining, brilliant; L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; N.L. masc. adj. clariflavus, bright yellow, the colour of the colonies or pigment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19732; EBR-02E-0045; EBR45; NBRC 101661

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB186359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Clostridium clariflavum Shiratori et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12105 (N = 41).

Parent taxon: Acetivibrio Patel et al. 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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Record number: 5949