Species Clostridium thermocellum

Name: Clostridium thermocellum Viljoen et al. 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.cel’lum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. neut. adj. thermocellum, a thermophile that digests cellulose

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27405; DSM 1237; JCM 9322; LMG 10435; NBRC 103400; NRRL B-4536

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16S rRNA gene: AB558166 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Viljoen JA, Fred EB, Peterson WH. The fermentation of cellulose by thermophilic bacteria. Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge 1926; 16:1-17.

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: Acetivibrio thermocellus (Viljoen et al. 1926) Tindall 2019

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Ruminiclostridium thermocellum" (Viljoen et al. 1926) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Acetivibrio thermocellus (Viljoen et al. 1926) Tindall 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium thermocellum is the correct name instead 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 risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1155 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Viljoen JA, Fred EB, Peterson WH. The fermentation of cellulose by thermophilic bacteria. Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge 1926; 16:1-17.

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Species Clostridium thermocellum