Species ***Clostridium* *aminophilum***

Name: Clostridium aminophilum Paster et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.no.phi’lum. N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. n. aminum, amino; N.L. neut. adj. aminophilum, loving amino acids

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49906; DSM 10710; F

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L04165 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Paster BJ, Russell JB, Yang CM, Chow JM, Woese CR, Tanner R. Phylogeny of the ammonia-producing ruminal bacteria Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Clostridium sticklandii, and Clostridium aminophilum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:107-110.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08378 (N = 38).
- According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species may be reclassified among Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination or as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Paster BJ, Russell JB, Yang CM, Chow JM, Woese CR, Tanner R. Phylogeny of the ammonia-producing ruminal bacteria Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Clostridium sticklandii, and Clostridium aminophilum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:107-110.

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Species Clostridium aminophilum

Species ***Clostridium* *aminophilum***