Name: Thermoclostridium stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983

Etymology: ster.co.ra’ri.um. L. neut. adj. stercorarium, pertaining to dung, referring to the source of the isolate, a compost heap

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35414; DSM 6239; DSM 8532; NCIB 11754; NCIMB 11754

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ310082 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 stercorarium Madden 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermoclostridium Zhang et al. 2018. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum (Le Ruyet et al. 1988) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum (Toda et al. 1989) Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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