Species "Bacillus paraputrificus"

Name: "Bacillus paraputrificus" Bienstock 1906

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-ra-pu-TRI-fi-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25780; CCUG 32755; DSM 2630; JCM 1293; NCTC 11833

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Original publication: Bienstock B. Bacillus putrificus. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1906; 20:407-415.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock 1906) Snyder 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock 1906) Snyder 1936 (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". — 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: Bienstock B. Bacillus putrificus. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1906; 20:407-415.

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Record number: 4161

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