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Name: Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016
Basonym: "Bacillus difficilis" Hall and O'Toole 1935
Etymology: dif.fi.ci’le. L. neut. adj. difficile, difficult (referring to “the unusual difficulty that was encountered in its isolation and study”)
Type strain: ATCC 9689; BCRC 10642; CCRC 10642; CCUG 4938; CGMCC 1.2184; CIP 104282; DSM 1296; JCM 1296; LMG 15861; NCIB 10666; NCIMB 10666; NCTC 11209
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB548672
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lawson PA, Citron DM, Tyrrell KL, Finegold SM. Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prevot 1938. Anaerobe 2016; 40:95-99.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 171. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3761-3764.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980) | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Bacillus difficilis" Hall and O'Toole 1935 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
"Peptoclostridium difficile" (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Yutin and Galperin 2013 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Parent taxon: Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016
Assigned by:
Lawson PA, Citron DM, Tyrrell KL, Finegold SM. Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prevot 1938. Anaerobe 2016; 40:95-99.
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Record number: 794449