Name: Enterocloster lavalensis (Domingo et al. 2009) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium lavalense Domingo et al. 2009

Etymology: la.val.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. lavalensis, pertaining to the institution, Universit’e Laval, Qu’ebec, Canada

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCRI 9842; CCUG 54291; DSM 19851; JCM 14986; NML 03-A-015

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF564277 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

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Enterocloster 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: 5952