Name: Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum (Toda et al. 1989) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermobacteroides leptospartum Toda et al. 1989

Etymology: lep.to.spar’tum. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin; Gr. neut. n. sparton, rope; N.L. neut. n. leptospartum, thin rope

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51338; C-17-70; DSM 9219; IAM 13499; JCM 9762

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB572913 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
    Thermobacteroides leptospartum Toda et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum (Toda et al. 1989) Fardeau et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Thermoclostridium stercorarium (Madden 1983) 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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Record number: 798378