Name: Enterocloster alcoholdehydrogenati Oikawa et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.co.hol.de.hyd.ro.ge’na.ti. N.L. neut. n. alcohol, dehydrogenatus, aldehyde; N.L. gen. neut. n. alcoholdehydrogenati, a bacteria pertaining to aldehyde [probably better: alcoholisdehydrogenati]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C5-48; DSM 109474; JCM 33305

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16S rRNA gene: LC466003 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oikawa D, Fukui K, Aoki Y, Waki T, Takahashi S, Shimoyama T, Nakayama T. Enterocloster alcoholdehydrogenati sp. nov., a Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from the Feces of a Patient with Alcoholism. Curr Microbiol 2023; 80:187.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Enterocloster Haas and Blanchard 2020

Assigned by: Oikawa D, Fukui K, Aoki Y, Waki T, Takahashi S, Shimoyama T, Nakayama T. Enterocloster alcoholdehydrogenati sp. nov., a Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from the Feces of a Patient with Alcoholism. Curr Microbiol 2023; 80:187.

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Record number: 37664