Species Clostridium aceticum

Name: Clostridium aceticum (ex Wieringa 1940) Gottschalk and Braun 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: a.ce’ti.cum. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. aceticum, related to acetic acid, which it produces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KE-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35044; DSM 1496; Wieringa

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16S rRNA gene: Y18183 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gottschalk G, Braun M. Revival of the name Clostridium aceticum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:476.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Andreesenella acetica (Gottschalk and Braun 1981 ex Wieringa 1940) Poehlein et al. 2026

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Andreesenella acetica" (Gottschalk and Braun 1981 ex Wieringa 1940) Poehlein et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Andreesenella acetica (Gottschalk and Braun 1981 ex Wieringa 1940) Poehlein et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium aceticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 40 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gottschalk G, Braun M. Revival of the name Clostridium aceticum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:476.

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Record number: 774808

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Species Clostridium aceticum