Species Clostridium xylanolyticum

Name: Clostridium xylanolyticum Rogers and Baecker 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.no.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissole; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. xylanolyticum, xylan-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: xy-la-no-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49623; DSM 6555

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16S rRNA gene: X76739 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rogers GM, Baecker AAW. Clostridium xylanolyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium from decayed Pinus patula wood chips. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:140-143.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Lacrimispora xylanolytica (Rogers and Baecker 1991) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lacrimispora xylanolytica (Rogers and Baecker 1991) Haas and Blanchard 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Chamkha et al. 2001 Chamkha M, Garcia JL, Labat M. Metabolism of cinnamic acids by some Clostridiales and emendation of the descriptions of Clostridium aerotolerans, Clostridium celerecrescens and Clostridium xylanolyticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2105-2111. 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.

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium xylanolyticum 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rogers GM, Baecker AAW. Clostridium xylanolyticum sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic bacterium from decayed Pinus patula wood chips. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:140-143.

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Species Clostridium xylanolyticum