Species ***Clostridium* *hylemonae***

Name: Clostridium hylemonae Kitahara et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.le.mon’ae. N.L. gen. masc. n. hylemonae, of Hylemon, after the American microbiologist Phillip B. Hylemon, for his contributions to research on bile acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 106689; DSM 15053; JCM 10539; TN-271

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB910737 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kitahara M, Takamine F, Imamura T, Benno Y. Assignment of Eubacterium sp. VPI 12708 and related strains with high bile acid 7alpha-dehydroxylating activity to Clostridium scindens and proposal of Clostridium hylemonae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:971-978.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination with Extibacter 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kitahara M, Takamine F, Imamura T, Benno Y. Assignment of Eubacterium sp. VPI 12708 and related strains with high bile acid 7alpha-dehydroxylating activity to Clostridium scindens and proposal of Clostridium hylemonae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:971-978.

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Species Clostridium hylemonae

Species ***Clostridium* *hylemonae***