Name: Ruminiclostridium hungatei (Monserrate et al. 2001) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium hungatei Monserrate et al. 2001

Etymology: hun.ga’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hungatei, of Hungate, named after R. E. Hungate, who pioneered the study of the ecology of cellulolytic bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: hun-GA-te-i, neuter

Type strain: AD; ATCC 700212; DSM 14427

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF020429 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 hungatei Monserrate et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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 hungatei Monserrate et al. 2001. Publication: Monserrate E, Leschine SB, Canale-Parola E. Clostridium hungatei sp. nov., a mesophilic, N2-fixing cellulolytic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:123-132. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

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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