Name: Anaerotaenia torta Ueki et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tor’ta. L. fem. part. adj. torta, twisted, referring to the twisted and entangled cell morphology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 100431; FH052; JCM 30820

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB298768 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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerotaenia Ueki et al. 2016. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Anaerotaenia 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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