Name: Acetoanaerobium sticklandii (Stadtman and McClung 1957) Galperin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium sticklandii Stadtman and McClung 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: stick.lan’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sticklandii, named after British biochemist Leonard Hubert Stickland, who described a key reaction in clostridial amino acid metabolism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12662; BCRC 14485; CCRC 14485; CCUG 9281; DSM 519; JCM 1433; NCIB 10654; NCIMB 10654; StadtmanHF

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC053841 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium sticklandii Stadtman and McClung 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.34766 (N = 17).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acetoanaerobium Sleat et al. 1985

Assigned by: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513.

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Record number: 794920