Name: Thermoclostridium caenicola (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium caenicola Shiratori et al. 2009

Etymology: cae.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. caenum, mud, sludge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. caenicola, sludge dweller (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19027; EBR596; NBRC 102590

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB221372 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium caenicola Shiratori et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Thermoclostridium 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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