Species "Bacillus histolyticus"

Name: "Bacillus histolyticus" Weinberg and Séguin 1916

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation, gender: his-to-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19401; BCRC 10644; CCRC 10644; CCUG 4854; CIP 103713; CN 1693; DSM 2158; JCM 1403; NCIB 503; NCIMB 503; NCTC 503

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Original publication: Weinberg M, Séguin P. Contribution à l'étiologie de la gangrène gazeuse. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1916.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Hathewaya histolytica (Weinberg and Séguin 1916) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium histolyticum (Weinberg and Séguin 1916) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Hathewaya histolytica (Weinberg and Séguin 1916) Lawson and Rainey 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 = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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. Contribution à l'étiologie de la gangrène gazeuse. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1916.

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Record number: 4154

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Species "Bacillus histolyticus"