Name: Peptoclostridium Galperin et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pep.to.clos.tri’di.um. Gr. ind. v. peptô, digest; N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, a bacterial genus name; from Gr. masc. n. klôstêr, a spindle; N.L. neut. dim. n. Peptoclostridium, the digesting clostridium

Gender: neuter (stem: Peptoclostridi-)

Type species: Peptoclostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) Galperin et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Peptoclostridiaceae Bello et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Peptoclostridiaceae Bello et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, McQuay S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Robust demarcation of the family Peptostreptococcaceae and its main genera based on phylogenomic studies and taxon-specific molecular markers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6247.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Fendrich C, Hippe H, Gottschalk G. Clostridium halophilium sp. nov. and C. litorale sp. nov., an obligate halophilic and a marine species degrading betaine in the Stickland reaction. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:127-132.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Peptoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) Galperin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Peptoclostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) Galperin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513.

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