Name: Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum (Petitdemange et al. 1984) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium cellulolyticum Petitdemange et al. 1984

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. cellulolyticum, cellulose-dissolving [probably better: cellulosilyticum]

Pronunciation, gender: kel-lu-lo-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35319; DSM 5812; H10

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71847 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 cellulolyticum Petitdemange et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12497 (N = 54).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 31 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.

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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Record number: 798369