Name: Anaeromicropila populeti (Sleat and Mah 1985) Ueki et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium populeti Sleat and Mah 1985

Etymology: po.pu.le’ti. L. neut. n. populetum, polar wood; L. gen. neut. n. populeti, of poplar wood

Pronunciation, gender: po-pu-LE-ti, feminine

Type strain: 743A; ATCC 35295; DSM 5832

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71853 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K. Anaeromicropila herbilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from anoxic soil subjected to reductive soil disinfestation, and reclassification of Clostridium populeti as Anaeromicropila populeti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5695.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium populeti Sleat and Mah 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01510 (N = 74).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Anaeromicropila Ueki et al. 2023

Assigned by: Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K. Anaeromicropila herbilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from anoxic soil subjected to reductive soil disinfestation, and reclassification of Clostridium populeti as Anaeromicropila populeti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5695.

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Record number: 36055