Name: Enterocloster asparagiformis (Mohan et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium asparagiforme Mohan et al. 2007

Etymology: as.pa.ra.gi.for’mis L. masc. n. asparagus, asparagus; L. neut. adj. suff. -forme, having the shape of; N.L. masc./fem. adj. asparagiformis, having the shape of asparagus stems

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 48471; DSM 15981; N6

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16S rRNA gene: AJ582080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium asparagiforme Mohan et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published

Parent taxon: Enterocloster Haas and Blanchard 2020

Assigned by: Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.

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Record number: 5945