Species Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum

Name: Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum Sakuma et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.cy.rrhi.zi.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. glycyrrhizinum, glycyrrhizin (a sugar from the roots of Glycyrrhiza species); N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. adj. glycyrrhizinilyticum, glycyrrhizin dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 17593; JCM 13368; ZM35

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB233029 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sakuma K, Kitahara M, Kibe R, Sakamoto M, Benno Y. Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum sp. nov., a glycyrrhizin-hydrolysing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Microbiol Immunol 2006; 50:481-485.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 112. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2507-2508.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mediterraneibacter glycyrrhizinilyticus (Sakuma et al. 2006) Togo et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mediterraneibacter glycyrrhizinilyticus (Sakuma et al. 2006) Togo et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sakuma K, Kitahara M, Kibe R, Sakamoto M, Benno Y. Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum sp. nov., a glycyrrhizin-hydrolysing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Microbiol Immunol 2006; 50:481-485.

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Record number: 785683

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Species Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum