Species Clostridium bartlettii

Name: Clostridium bartlettii Song et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bart.let’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bartlettii, of Bartlett, to honor John G. Bartlett, M.D. for his contributions to the role of intestinal flora in disease and to our knowledge of infectiuos diseases in general

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-827; CCUG 48940; DSM 16795; WAL 16138

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY438672 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Song YL, Liu CX, McTeague M, Summanen P, Finegold SM. Clostridium bartlettii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:179-184.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 99. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1425-1426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Intestinibacter bartlettii (Song et al. 2004) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Intestinibacter bartlettii (Song et al. 2004) Gerritsen et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium bartlettii 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 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 12 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: Song YL, Liu CX, McTeague M, Summanen P, Finegold SM. Clostridium bartlettii sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Anaerobe 2004; 10:179-184.

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Record number: 774834

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Species Clostridium bartlettii