Species Clostridium thermaceticum

Name: Clostridium thermaceticum corrig. Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: therm.a.ce.ti.cum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. adj. aceticum, pertaining to vinegar; N.L. neut. adj. thermaceticum, producing acetic acid thermophilically

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35608; DSM 2955; DSM 521; JCM 9319

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16S rRNA gene: AB572912 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fontaine FE, Peterson WH, McCoy E, Johnson MJ, Ritter GJ. A New Type of Glucose Fermentation by Clostridium thermoaceticum. J Bacteriol 1942; 43:701-715.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium thermautotrophicum corrig. Wiegel et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
Moorella thermoautotrophica (Wiegel et al. 1982) Collins et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
Clostridium thermoautotrophicum Wiegel et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Clostridium thermoaceticum Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium thermautotrophicum corrig. Wiegel et al. 1982. Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Moorella thermoautotrophica (Wiegel et al. 1982) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium thermoautotrophicum Wiegel et al. 1982. Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
- Clostridium thermaceticum is the correct name 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 original spelling, Clostridium thermoaceticum (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: Fontaine FE, Peterson WH, McCoy E, Johnson MJ, Ritter GJ. A New Type of Glucose Fermentation by Clostridium thermoaceticum. J Bacteriol 1942; 43:701-715.

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