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

See detailed strain information at

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Anaeromicropila populeti (Sleat and Mah 1985) Ueki et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Anaeromicropila populeti (Sleat and Mah 1985) Ueki et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium populeti is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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 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