Species Peptostreptococcus heliotrinireducens

Name: Peptostreptococcus heliotrinireducens corrig. (Lanigan 1983) Ezaki and Yabuuchi 1986

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Peptococcus heliotrinireducens corrig. Lanigan 1983

Etymology: he.li.o.tri.ni.re.du’cens. N.L. fem. n. heliotrina, heliotrine, a pyrrolizidine alkaloid; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. masc. part. adj. heliotrinireducens, referring to the organisms ability to bring about oxidative cleavage of the heliotrine molecule

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pep-to-strep-to-KOK-kus he-li-o-tri-ni-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29202; CCUG 47954; DSM 20476; JCM 14554; NCTC 11029; RHS 1

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16S rRNA gene: AF101241 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ezaki T, Yabuuchi E. Transfer of Peptococcus heliotrinreducens corrig. to the genus Peptostreptococcus: Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens Lanigan 1983 comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:107-108. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Slackia heliotrinireducens corrig. (Lanigan 1983) Wade et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peptococcus heliotrinreducens corrig. Lanigan 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction
    Slackia heliotrinireducens corrig. (Lanigan 1983) Wade et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptococcus heliotrinireducens corrig. Lanigan 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptococcus heliotrinreducans Lanigan 1983	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens (Lanigan 1983) Ezaki and Yabuuchi 1986	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Peptostreptococcus heliotrinireducens 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 Peptostreptococcus.
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-12-09.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
  • 🙅 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: Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ezaki T, Yabuuchi E. Transfer of Peptococcus heliotrinreducens corrig. to the genus Peptostreptococcus: Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens Lanigan 1983 comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:107-108. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 69314