Species ***Clostridium* *akagii***

Name: Clostridium akagii Kuhner et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ka’gi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. akagii, named after James M. Akagi, who worked for more than three decades at the Univerisity of Kansas on the physiology of various anaerobic bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-166; CK58; DSM 12554

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ237755 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuhner CH, Matthies C, Acker G, Schmittroth M, Gossner AS, Drake HL. Clostridium akagii sp. nov. and Clostridium acidisoli sp. nov.: acid-tolerant, N2-fixing clostridia isolated from acidic forest soil and litter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:873-881.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04650 (N = 36).
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kuhner CH, Matthies C, Acker G, Schmittroth M, Gossner AS, Drake HL. Clostridium akagii sp. nov. and Clostridium acidisoli sp. nov.: acid-tolerant, N2-fixing clostridia isolated from acidic forest soil and litter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:873-881.

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Species Clostridium akagii

Species ***Clostridium* *akagii***