Name: Diplocloster modestus Chaplin et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’tus. L. masc. adj. modestus, moderate, used to refer to the seeming narrow spectrum of carbohydrate fermentation

Pronunciation, gender: mo-DES-tus, masculine

Type strain: ASD4241; JCM 34351; VKM B-3498

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16S rRNA gene: MT908948 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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24863 (N = 19).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 26368