Name: "Catenabacterium contortum" Prévot 1947

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.tor’tum. L. neut. part. adj. contortum, twisted

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-TOR-tum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 113 VI; ATCC 25540; CCUG 52236; DSM 3982; JCM 6483

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Original publication: Prévot AR. Étude de quelques bactéries anaérobies nouvelles ou mal connues. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1947; 73:409-418.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Faecalicatena contorta (Prévot 1947) Sakamoto et al. 2017

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium contortum (Prévot 1947) Holdeman et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Faecalicatena contorta (Prévot 1947) Sakamoto et al. 2017	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: "Catenabacterium" Prévot 1938

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Étude de quelques bactéries anaérobies nouvelles ou mal connues. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1947; 73:409-418.

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Record number: 4182