Name: Enterocloster citroniae (Warren et al. 2007) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium citroniae Warren et al. 2007

Etymology: ci.tro’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. citroniae, named after Diane M. Citron for numerous contributions to clinical anaerobic bacteriology as a clinical microbiologist and educator

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1317; CCUG 52203; DSM 19261; RMA 16102

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM245936 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium citroniae Warren et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 5948