Name: "Gottschalkia acidurici" (Liebert 1909) Yutin and Galperin 2013

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

Original publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

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
    Gottschalkia acidurici (Liebert 1909) Poehlein et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clostridium acidurici corrig. (Liebert 1909) Barker 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Gottschalkia" Yutin and Galperin 2013. Publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: "Gottschalkia" Yutin and Galperin 2013

Assigned by: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

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Record number: 16629