Species ***Clostridium* *saccharoperbutylacetonicum***

Name: Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Keis et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.per.bu.tyl.a.ce.to’ni.cum. Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar juice; L. prep. per, throughout; N.L. n. butylum, butanol; N.L. masc. adj. acetonicus, acetonic; N.L. neut. adj. saccharoperbutylacetonicum, denoting the production of a large amount of butanol and acetone from sugar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27021; derived from strain N1-4; DSM 14923; N1-4; N1-4 (HMT); NCIB 12606; NCIMB 12606

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U16122 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

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05623 (N = 41).
- 😷 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 86 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Keis et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

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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Species Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum

Species ***Clostridium* *saccharoperbutylacetonicum***