Name: Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum van Gylswyk 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cum. Gr. adv. poly, many; Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. polysaccharolyticum, degrading several polysaccharides

Pronunciation, gender: … po-ly-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33142; B; DSM 1801

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16S rRNA gene: X71858 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: van Gylswyk NO. Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp.nov., a gram-negative rod from the rumen that produces butyrate and ferments cellulose and starch. J Gen Microbiol 1980; 116:157-163.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Clostridium polysaccharolyticum (van Gylswyk 1981) van Gylswyk et al. 1983

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium polysaccharolyticum (van Gylswyk 1981) van Gylswyk et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Fusobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: van Gylswyk NO. Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp.nov., a gram-negative rod from the rumen that produces butyrate and ferments cellulose and starch. J Gen Microbiol 1980; 116:157-163.

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Record number: 776412