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Species Clostridium thermosuccinogenes

Name: Clostridium thermosuccinogenes Drent et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.suc.ci.no’ge.nes Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. v. gennaô, produce, engender; N.L. part. adj. thermosuccinogenes, succinic acid producing in heat

Gender: neuter

Type strains: DSM 5807; IC

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16S rRNA gene: Y18180 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Drent WJ, Lahpor GA, Wiegant WM, Gottschal JC. Fermentation of Inulin by Clostridium thermosuccinogenes sp. nov., a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from Various Habitats. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:455-462.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Drent WJ, Lahpor GA, Wiegant WM, Gottschal JC. Fermentation of Inulin by Clostridium thermosuccinogenes sp. nov., a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from Various Habitats. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:455-462.

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