Species "Bacillus scatologenes"

Name: "Bacillus scatologenes" Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sca.to.lo’ge.nes. Gr. gen. neut. n. skatos, dung; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce, engender; N.L. masc. part. adj. scatologenes, meaning either an organism that produces a dung-like odor or an organism that produces skatol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ska-to-LO-ge-nes, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25775; CCUG 9283; DSM 757; JCM 1414; NCTC 12992

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16S rRNA gene: M59104 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Weinberg M, Ginsbourg B. Données récentes sur les microbes anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1927.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prévot 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prévot 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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, Ginsbourg B. Données récentes sur les microbes anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1927.

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Record number: 4168

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Species "Bacillus scatologenes"