Species ***Clostridium* *paradoxum***

Name: Clostridium paradoxum Li et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.do’xum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. paradoxos, contrary to expectation, incredible; N.L. neut. adj. paradoxum, incredible, referring to the unusual property of sporulated cells to be highly motile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51510; CIP 105527; DSM 7308; JW-YL-7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z69932 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Mandelco L, Wiegel J. Isolation and characterization of a moderately thermophilic anaerobic alkaliphile, Clostridium paradoxum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:450-460.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.12341 (N = 38).
- According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species together with C. thermoalcaliphilum are susceptible to being reclassified as a new genus within the Peptostreptococcaceae". 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: Li Y, Mandelco L, Wiegel J. Isolation and characterization of a moderately thermophilic anaerobic alkaliphile, Clostridium paradoxum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:450-460.

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Species Clostridium paradoxum

Species ***Clostridium* *paradoxum***