Name: Lacrimispora indolis (McClung and McCoy 1957) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium indolis McClung and McCoy 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: in.do’lis. N.L. gen. neut. n. indolis, of indole

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25771; DSM 755; JCM 1380; NCIB 9731; NCIMB 9731; NCTC 11811

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB971794 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium indolis McClung and McCoy 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Lacrimispora Haas and Blanchard 2020

Assigned by: Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.

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Record number: 5951