Species ***Clostridium* *phytofermentans***

Name: Clostridium phytofermentans Warnick et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phy.to.fer.men.tans. Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. neut. part. adj. phytofermentans, plant-fermenting, referring to the wide range of plant polysaccharides that this organism is capable of utilizing as growth substrate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700394; DSM 18823; ISDg

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF020431 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Warnick TA, Methe BA, Leschine SB. Clostridium phytofermentans sp. nov., a cellulolytic mesophile from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1155-1160.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Lachnoclostridium phytofermentans" (Warnick et al. 2002) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.11055 (N = 41).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 44 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is susceptible to being reclassified among Lachnospiraceae and 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.
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Clostridium phytofermentans Warnick et al. 2002 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Warnick TA, Methe BA, Leschine SB. Clostridium phytofermentans sp. nov., a cellulolytic mesophile from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1155-1160.

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Species Clostridium phytofermentans

Species ***Clostridium* *phytofermentans***