Name: Diplocloster agilis Chaplin et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’gi.lis. L. masc. adj. agilis, quick, agile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: di-plo-KLOS-ter A-gi-lis, masculine

Type strain: ASD5720; JCM 34353; VKM B-3497

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT908949 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Pikina AP, Sokolova SR, Korzhanova M, Belova VA, Korostin DO, Rebrikov DV, Kardonsky DA, Urban AS, et al. Diplocloster agilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Diplocloster modestus sp. nov., two novel anaerobic fermentative members of Lachnospiraceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5222. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Suonthocola fibrivorans Hitch et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Diplocloster Chaplin et al. 2022. Publication: Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Pikina AP, Sokolova SR, Korzhanova M, Belova VA, Korostin DO, Rebrikov DV, Kardonsky DA, Urban AS, et al. Diplocloster agilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Diplocloster modestus sp. nov., two novel anaerobic fermentative members of Lachnospiraceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5222. 🇷🇺
  • ⏰ According to Heng (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Suonthocola fibrivorans Hitch et al. 2022. Publication: Heng YC. Genome-based reclassification of Suonthocola fibrivorans as a later heterotypic synonym of Diplocloster agilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6616. 🇸🇬
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Diplocloster Chaplin et al. 2022

Assigned by: Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Pikina AP, Sokolova SR, Korzhanova M, Belova VA, Korostin DO, Rebrikov DV, Kardonsky DA, Urban AS, et al. Diplocloster agilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Diplocloster modestus sp. nov., two novel anaerobic fermentative members of Lachnospiraceae isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5222. 🇷🇺

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