Species ***Clostridium* *thermopapyrolyticum***

Name: Clostridium thermopapyrolyticum Méndez et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.pa.py.ro.ly’ti.cum. N.L. masc. adj. thermus, hot; Gr. masc./fem. n. papyros, paper; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. thermopapyrolyticum, a paper-degrading thermophile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: SABAMMRCCC UBA 305

Valid publication: Méndez BS, Pettinari MJ, Ivanier SE, Ramos CA, Siñeriz F. Clostridium thermopapyrolyticum sp. nov., a cellulolytic thermophile. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:281-283.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
- 🧍 The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Méndez BS, Pettinari MJ, Ivanier SE, Ramos CA, Siñeriz F. Clostridium thermopapyrolyticum sp. nov., a cellulolytic thermophile. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:281-283.

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Species Clostridium thermopapyrolyticum

Species ***Clostridium* *thermopapyrolyticum***