Name: Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae (Jin et al. 1988) Collins et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium thermocopriae Jin et al. 1988

Etymology: ther.mo.co.pri’a.e. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. fem. n. kopria, dunghill; N.L. gen. fem. n. thermocopriae, of heat compost

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51646; IAM 13577; JCM 7501; JT3-3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L09167 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium thermocopriae Jin et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08582 (N = 8).
  • 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.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826.

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Record number: 782515