Species ***Clostridium* *cellulosi***

Name: Clostridium cellulosi He et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo’si. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. gen. neut. n. cellulosi, of cellulose

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um kel-lu-LO-si, neuter

16S rRNA gene: L09177 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: He YL, Ding YF, Long YQ. Two cellulolytic Clostridium species: Clostridium cellulosi sp. nov. and Clostridium cellulofermentans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:306-309.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Ruminiclostridium cellulosi" (He et al. 1991) Koeck et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 14 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is susceptible to being reclassified among Oscillospiraceae and as a new combination with the genus Ethanoligenens". 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. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: He YL, Ding YF, Long YQ. Two cellulolytic Clostridium species: Clostridium cellulosi sp. nov. and Clostridium cellulofermentans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:306-309.

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Species Clostridium cellulosi

Species ***Clostridium* *cellulosi***