Species ***Clostridium* *herbivorans***

Name: Clostridium herbivorans Varel et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.bi.vo.rans. L. fem. n. herba, grass, herb, a green plant; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. herbivorans, devouring plants

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 54408; ATCC 49925; CIP 104610; DSM 14428

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16S rRNA gene: L34418 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Varel VH, Tanner RS, Woese CR. Clostridium herbivorans sp. nov., a cellulolytic anaerobe from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:490-494.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is susceptible to being reclassified among Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination or as a new genus with C. polysaccharolyticum". 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: Varel VH, Tanner RS, Woese CR. Clostridium herbivorans sp. nov., a cellulolytic anaerobe from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:490-494.

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Species Clostridium herbivorans

Species ***Clostridium* *herbivorans***