Species "Bacillus bifermentans"

Name: "Bacillus bifermentans" Weinberg and Séguin 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: 76; ATCC 638; BCRC 14542; CCRC 14542; CCUG 36626; CIP 104309; DSM 14991; Hall 76; JCM 1386; NCIMB 10716; NCTC 13019

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Original publication: Weinberg M, Séguin P. La gangrène gazeuse. Bactériologie, Reproduction expérimentale, Séreothérapie. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1918.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Paraclostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Séguin 1918) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Séguin 1918) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paraclostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Séguin 1918) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 human pathogen; sporogenes: 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Weinberg M, Séguin P. La gangrène gazeuse. Bactériologie, Reproduction expérimentale, Séreothérapie. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1918.

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Record number: 4143

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Species "Bacillus bifermentans"