Name: "Clostridioides perfringens" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Gal et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus perfringens" Veillon and Zuber 1898

Etymology: per.frin.gens. L. part. adj. perfringens, a specific epithet

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13124; BCRC 10913; CCRC 10913; CCUG 1795; CIP 103409; DSM 756; JCM 1290; LMG 11264; NBIMCC 8615; NCAIM B.01417; NCCB 89165; NCIB 6125; NCIMB 6125; NCTC 8237

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16S rRNA gene: KP326373 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gal A, Barko PC, Biggs PJ, Gedye KR, Midwinter AC, Williams DA, Burchell RK, Pazzi P. One dog's waste is another dog's wealth: A pilot study of fecal microbiota transplantation in dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250344.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillus perfringens" Veillon and Zuber 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016

Assigned by: Gal A, Barko PC, Biggs PJ, Gedye KR, Midwinter AC, Williams DA, Burchell RK, Pazzi P. One dog's waste is another dog's wealth: A pilot study of fecal microbiota transplantation in dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250344.

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Record number: 42124