Name: Lacrimispora saccharolytica (Murray et al. 1982) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium saccharolyticum Murray et al. 1982

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca Gr. neut. n. sakchâr, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. saccharolytica, sugar-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 35040; DSM 2544; NRC 2533; WM1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18185 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium saccharolyticum Murray et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published

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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