Talk:Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum

Merger proposal
This and Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum are the same bacterium. Most of the sources linked in both pages give the name Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum as the correct one; https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/thermoanaerobacterium-thermosaccharolyticum (listed in this article indirectly as an external source), however, indicates that Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum is a synonym and that Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum is the correct name. Help from an expert is probably needed here to resolve where this organism should be located. El monty (talk) 09:21, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, according to UniProt ( https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1517) and NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1517) Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum is the currently accepted name. Instead, Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum is a synonym still used for legacy purposes because this historical name appears in past publications.
 * So, there seems to be some contradictory information in LPSN, at least when comparing with NCBI or UniProt taxonomy... As a matter of fact, in the LPSN page you mention, it is stated in the Notes: "Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Thermoanaerobacterium."
 * I think this is the case of Wikipedia article.
 * I agree that both articles may be merged, but keeping Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum and redirecting Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum to the first one. Eepavan (talk) 10:22, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 19:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)