Species Clostridium purinilyticum

Name: Clostridium purinilyticum corrig. Dürre et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. purinum, "purin" (a term proposed by E. Fisher for the basic ring system of uric acid); N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. purinilyticum, decomposing the purine ring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33906; DSM 1384; WA-1

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16S rRNA gene: M60491 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dürre P, Andersch W, Andreesen JR. Isolation and characterization of an adenine-utilizing, anaerobic sporeformer, Clostridium purinolyticum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:184-194.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gottschalkia purinilytica (Dürre et al. 1981) Poehlein et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium purinolyticum Dürre et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, orthographic variant
"Gottschalkia purinilytica" (Dürre et al. 1981) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Gottschalkia purinilytica (Dürre et al. 1981) Poehlein et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- Clostridium purinilyticum is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Clostridium.
- The original spelling, Clostridium purinolyticum (sic), has been corrected by Cato et al. 1986. Publication: Cato EP, George WL, Finegold SM. Genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880, 23AL. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1141-1200.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dürre P, Andersch W, Andreesen JR. Isolation and characterization of an adenine-utilizing, anaerobic sporeformer, Clostridium purinolyticum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:184-194.

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Record number: 774961