Species ***Clostridium* *acetireducens***

Name: Clostridium acetireducens Örlygsson et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.ti.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. neut. part. adj. acetireducens, vinegar- or acetic acid-reducing

Pronunciation, gender: a-ke-ti-re-DU-kens, neuter

Type strain: 30A; DSM 10703

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16S rRNA gene: X79862 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Örlygsson J, Krooneman J, Collins MD, Pascual C, Gottschal JC. Clostridium acetireducens sp. nov., a novel amino acid-oxidizing, acetate-reducing anaerobic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:454-459. 🇮🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

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". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Type strain corrected "DSM 7310 should read DSM 10703" by Erratum IJSB 46:1192. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:1192. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 In the paper by Örlygsson et al. 1996, the type strain is incorrectly cited as DSM 7310. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:1192. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Örlygsson J, Krooneman J, Collins MD, Pascual C, Gottschal JC. Clostridium acetireducens sp. nov., a novel amino acid-oxidizing, acetate-reducing anaerobic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:454-459. 🇮🇸

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Record number: 774809

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Species Clostridium acetireducens

Species ***Clostridium* *acetireducens***