Species ***Clostridium* *populeti***

Name: Clostridium populeti Sleat and Mah 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.pu.le.ti. L. neut. n. populetum, a poplar wood; L. gen. neut. n. populeti, of a poplar wood

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 743A; ATCC 35295; DSM 5832

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71853 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sleat R, Mah RA. Clostridium populeti sp. nov., a cellulolytic species from a woody-biomass digestor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:160-163.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.10708 (N = 34).
- According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species may be reclassified with the Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination of Anaerosporobacter together with Eubacterium xylanophilum and Caecibacterium sporoformans ". 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: Sleat R, Mah RA. Clostridium populeti sp. nov., a cellulolytic species from a woody-biomass digestor. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:160-163.

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Record number: 774955

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Species Clostridium populeti

Species ***Clostridium* *populeti***