Name: Ruminiclostridium cellobioparum (Hungate 1944) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium cellobioparum Hungate 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: cel.lo.bi.o.pa’rum. N.L. neut. n. cellobiosum, cellobiose; L. v. paro, to prepare, to provide; N.L. adj. suff. -parus, producing; N.L. neut. adj. cellobioparum, cellobiose-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15832; DSM 1351; JCM 1422; LMG 5589

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71856 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. Petroclostridium xylanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from an oilfield, and reclassification of clostridial cluster III members into four novel genera in a new Hungateiclostridiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3197-3211.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium cellobioparum Hungate 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ruminiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018. Publication: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. Petroclostridium xylanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from an oilfield, and reclassification of clostridial cluster III members into four novel genera in a new Hungateiclostridiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3197-3211.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ruminiclostridium cellobioparum subsp. cellobioparum (Hungate 1944) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ruminiclostridium cellobioparum subsp. termitidis (Hethener et al. 1992) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ruminiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018

Assigned by: Zhang X, Tu B, Dai LR, Lawson PA, Zheng ZZ, Liu LY, Deng Y, Zhang H, Cheng L. Petroclostridium xylanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from an oilfield, and reclassification of clostridial cluster III members into four novel genera in a new Hungateiclostridiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3197-3211.

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