Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium saccharobutylicum

Name: Clostridium saccharobutylicum Keis et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.bu.ty’li.cum. Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar juice; N.L. n. butylum, butanol; N.L. neut. adj. saccharobutylicum, denoting the production of butanol from sugar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-117; DSM 13864; NCP 262; P262

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16S rRNA gene: U16147 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Keis S, Shaheen R, Jones DT. Emended descriptions of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii, and descriptions of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum sp. nov. and Clostridium saccharobutylicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2095-2103.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Keis S, Shaheen R, Jones DT. Emended descriptions of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii, and descriptions of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum sp. nov. and Clostridium saccharobutylicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2095-2103.

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Record number: 774972
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