Name: Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus (Cann et al. 2001) Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum Cann et al. 2001

Etymology: po.ly.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. polysaccharolyticus, many sugars dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-17; DSM 13641; KMTHCJ

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U40229 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YJ, Mackie RI, Cann IK, Wiegel J. Description of Caldanaerobius fijiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an inulin-degrading, ethanol-producing, thermophilic bacterium from a Fijian hot spring sediment, and reclassification of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae as Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus comb. nov. and Caldanaerobius zeae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:666-670.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum Cann et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18853 (N = 11).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Caldanaerobius Lee et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lee YJ, Mackie RI, Cann IK, Wiegel J. Description of Caldanaerobius fijiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an inulin-degrading, ethanol-producing, thermophilic bacterium from a Fijian hot spring sediment, and reclassification of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae as Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus comb. nov. and Caldanaerobius zeae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:666-670.

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