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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 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.
  • 🧍 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae subsp. alimentarius" (Carlier et al. 2007) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae subsp. italicus" (Kozianowski et al. 1998) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae subsp. mathranii" (Larsen et al. 1998) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym
    "Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae subsp. thermocopriae" (Jin et al. 1988) Bing 2024	not validly published	synonym of its species

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