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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.

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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