Name: Atopostipes suicloacalis corrig. Cotta et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.i.clo.a.ca.lis. L. masc./fem. n. sus, a pig; L. adj. cloacalis -is -e, pertaining to a cloaca (manure sewer); N.L. masc. adj. suicloacalis, pertaining to swine manure

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15692; NRRL 23919; PPC79

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF445248 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Atopostipes suicloacale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an underground swine manure storage pit. Anaerobe 2004; 10:191-195.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 99. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1425-1426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Atopostipes suicloacale Cotta et al. 2004	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Atopostipes Cotta et al. 2004. Publication: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Atopostipes suicloacale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an underground swine manure storage pit. Anaerobe 2004; 10:191-195.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the protologue, the strain DSM 15692 is cited as DSMZ15692 (sic). — 🧍 The original spelling, Atopostipes suicloacale (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Parent taxon: Atopostipes Cotta et al. 2004

Assigned by: Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Atopostipes suicloacale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an underground swine manure storage pit. Anaerobe 2004; 10:191-195.

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Record number: 773543