Name:Clostridiumsaccharobutylicum 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
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Risk group:
1
Notes:
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07314 (N = 29).
😷 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 38 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.