Name: Anaerocolumna aminovalerica (Hardman and Stadtman 1960) Ueki et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium aminovalericum Hardman and Stadtman 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.mi.no.va.le’ri.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum aminovalericum, aminovaleric acid; N.L. fem. adj. aminovalerica, referring to ability to ferment aminovaleric acid strongly

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13725; CIP 104304; DSM 1283; JCM 11016

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB573069 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ueki A, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Descriptions of Anaerotaenia torta gen. nov., sp. nov. and Anaerocolumna cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of Clostridium aminovalericum, Clostridium jejuense and Clostridium xylanovorans as Anaerocolumna species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2936-2943.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium aminovalericum Hardman and Stadtman 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00538 (N = 64).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Anaerocolumna Ueki et al. 2016

Assigned by: Ueki A, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Descriptions of Anaerotaenia torta gen. nov., sp. nov. and Anaerocolumna cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of Clostridium aminovalericum, Clostridium jejuense and Clostridium xylanovorans as Anaerocolumna species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2936-2943.

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Record number: 794357