Name: Lacrimispora algidixylanolytica (Broda et al. 2000) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium algidixylanolyticum Broda et al. 2000

Etymology: al.gi.di.xy.la.no.ly’ti.ca. L. masc. adj. algidus, cold; N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. algidixylanolytica, cold xylan-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: al-gi-di-xy-la-no-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-156; DSM 12273; NCTC 14693; SPL73

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF092549 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium algidixylanolyticum Broda et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Clostridium algidixylanolyticum Broda et al. 2000. Publication: Broda DM, Saul DJ, Bell RG, Musgrave DR. Clostridium algidixylanolyticum sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, xylan-degrading, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:623-631. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Parent taxon: Lacrimispora 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: 5942