Name: Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum (Le Ruyet et al. 1988) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium thermolacticum Le Ruyet et al. 1988

Etymology: ther.mo.lac’ti.cum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. acidum lacticum, lactic acid; N.L. neut. adj. thermolacticum, pertaining to a thermophile producing lactic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43739; DSM 2910; TX 41

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X72870 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 thermolacticum Le Ruyet et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Clostridium stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum (Le Ruyet et al. 1988) 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: 798379