Name: Dendrosporobacter quercicolus (Stankewich et al. 1971) Strömpl et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium quercicolum Stankewich et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: quer.ci.co.lus. L. gen. fem. n. quercus, oak; N.L. masc. adj. quercicolus, intended to mean associated with oak trees [probably better: quercicola]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25974; DSM 1736

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ010962 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Lunsdorf H, Wong TY, Moore ER, Hippe H. Reclassification of Clostridium quercicolum as Dendrosporobacter quercicolus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:101-106.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium quercicolum Stankewich et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dendrosporobacter Strömpl et al. 2000. Publication: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Lunsdorf H, Wong TY, Moore ER, Hippe H. Reclassification of Clostridium quercicolum as Dendrosporobacter quercicolus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:101-106.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Dendrosporobacter Strömpl et al. 2000

Assigned by: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Lunsdorf H, Wong TY, Moore ER, Hippe H. Reclassification of Clostridium quercicolum as Dendrosporobacter quercicolus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:101-106.

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