Name: Gottschalkia acidurici (Liebert 1909) Poehlein et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus acidiurici" Liebert 1909

Etymology: a.cid.u.ri.ci. N.L. gen. neut. n. acidurici, of uric acid, referring to the preferred carbon source

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 9a; ATCC 7906; CIP 104303; DSM 604; NCCB 46094

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59084 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Poehlein A, Yutin N, Daniel R, Galperin MY. Proposal for the reclassification of obligately purine-fermenting bacteria Clostridium acidurici (Barker 1938) and Clostridium purinilyticum (Durre et al. 1981) as Gottschalkia acidurici gen. nov. comb. nov. and Gottschalkiapurinilytica comb. nov. and of Eubacterium angustum (Beuscher and Andreesen 1985) as Andreesenia angusta gen. nov. comb. nov. in the family Gottschalkiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2711-2719.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium acidiurici (Liebert 1909) Barker 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Bacillus acidiurici" Liebert 1909	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Clostridium acidurici corrig. (Liebert 1909) Barker 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Gottschalkia acidurici" (Liebert 1909) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gottschalkia Poehlein et al. 2017. Publication: Poehlein A, Yutin N, Daniel R, Galperin MY. Proposal for the reclassification of obligately purine-fermenting bacteria Clostridium acidurici (Barker 1938) and Clostridium purinilyticum (Durre et al. 1981) as Gottschalkia acidurici gen. nov. comb. nov. and Gottschalkiapurinilytica comb. nov. and of Eubacterium angustum (Beuscher and Andreesen 1985) as Andreesenia angusta gen. nov. comb. nov. in the family Gottschalkiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2711-2719.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gottschalkia Poehlein et al. 2017

Assigned by: Poehlein A, Yutin N, Daniel R, Galperin MY. Proposal for the reclassification of obligately purine-fermenting bacteria Clostridium acidurici (Barker 1938) and Clostridium purinilyticum (Durre et al. 1981) as Gottschalkia acidurici gen. nov. comb. nov. and Gottschalkiapurinilytica comb. nov. and of Eubacterium angustum (Beuscher and Andreesen 1985) as Andreesenia angusta gen. nov. comb. nov. in the family Gottschalkiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2711-2719.

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