Name: Ruminiclostridium papyrosolvens (Madden et al. 1982) Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium papyrosolvens Madden et al. 1982

Etymology: pa.py.ro.sol’vens. Gr. masc./fem. n. papyros, paper; L. inf. v. solvere, to dissolve; N.L. part. adj. papyrosolvens, paper-dissolving, intended to reflect the organisms’rapid fermentation of filter paper constituents

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35413; DSM 2782; NCIB 11394; NCIMB 11394

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71852 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 papyrosolvens Madden et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ruminiclostridium 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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