Name:Clostridiumalkalicellulosi corrig. Zhilina et al. 2006
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology:al.ka.li.cel.lu.lo’si.Arabic articleal, the; Arabic masc. n.qaly, ashes of saltwort, soda; N.L. neut. n.cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. gen. neut. n.alkalicellulosi, of alkaline cellulose, intended to mean that the bacterium utilizes cellulose under alkaline conditions
Effective publication:
Zhilina TN, Kevbrin VV, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. [Clostridium alkalicellum sp. nov., an obligately alkaliphilic cellulolytic bacterium from a soda lake in the Baikal region]. Mikrobiologiia 2005; 74:642-653. 🇷🇺
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 109. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:925-927.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
❗ Clostridiumalkalicellulosi is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain VKM B-2349 is erroneously cited as VKM 2349. The culture collection accession number DSM 17461 has been provided on request for validation. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, alkalicellum (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.Publication:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.
Assigned by:
Zhilina TN, Kevbrin VV, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. [Clostridium alkalicellum sp. nov., an obligately alkaliphilic cellulolytic bacterium from a soda lake in the Baikal region]. Mikrobiologiia 2005; 74:642-653. 🇷🇺
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774822
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