Species "Bacillus cloacae"

Name: "Bacillus cloacae" Jordan 1890

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: clo.a’cae. L. gen. fem. n. cloacae, privy

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13047; CCUG 28448; CCUG 29301; CCUG 6323; CIP 60.85; DSM 30054; HAMBI 1295; HAMBI 96; IFO 13535; JCM 1232; LMG 2783; NBIMCC 8570; NBRC 13535; NCTC 10005

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16S rRNA gene: AJ251469 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jordan EO. A report on certain species of bacteria observed in sewage. In: Sedgewick WT (eds), A report of the biological work of the Lawrence Experiment Station, including an account of methods employed and results obtained in the microscopical and bacteriological investigation of sewage and water. Report on water supply and sewerage (Part II). Report of the Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Boston, 1890, p. 821-844.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Cloaca cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Castellani and Chalmers 1919	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Bacterium cloacae" (Jordan 1890) Lehmann and Neumann 1896	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Enterobacter cloacae (Jordan 1890) Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	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 = "human pathogen". — 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: Jordan EO. A report on certain species of bacteria observed in sewage. In: Sedgewick WT (eds), A report of the biological work of the Lawrence Experiment Station, including an account of methods employed and results obtained in the microscopical and bacteriological investigation of sewage and water. Report on water supply and sewerage (Part II). Report of the Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Massachusetts Board of Public Health, Boston, 1890, p. 821-844.

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Species "Bacillus cloacae"