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Species Clostridium beijerinckii
Name: Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: beij.e.rinck’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. beijerinckii, of Beijerinck, named for M. W. Beijerinck, Dutch bacteriologist
Type strain: ATCC 25752; CIP 104308; DSM 791; JCM 1390; LMG 5716; NCTC 13035
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X68179
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FASTA
Effective publication: Donker HJL. Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Boterzuur-, Butylacoholen acetonigistingen. Dissertations Delft. W.D. Meinema, Delft, 1926.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Clostridium diolis Biebl and Spröer 2003 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Keis et al. 2001
Keis S, Shaheen R, Jones DT. Emended descriptions of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii, and descriptions of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum sp. nov. and Clostridium saccharobutylicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2095-2103.
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
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Kobayashi et al. 2020
Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Sakamoto M, Nakamura Y, Ohkuma M, Tohno M. Reclassification of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Sproer 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2463-2466.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.
Notes:- 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
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Keis et al. 2001
Keis S, Shaheen R, Jones DT. Emended descriptions of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii, and descriptions of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum sp. nov. and Clostridium saccharobutylicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2095-2103.
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Kobayashi et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Spröer 2003.
Publication:
Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Sakamoto M, Nakamura Y, Ohkuma M, Tohno M. Reclassification of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Sproer 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2463-2466.
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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 424 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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⏰ According to Kobayashi et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Spröer 2003.
Publication:
Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Sakamoto M, Nakamura Y, Ohkuma M, Tohno M. Reclassification of Clostridium diolis Biebl and Sproer 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium beijerinckii Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2463-2466.
Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Donker HJL. Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Boterzuur-, Butylacoholen acetonigistingen. Dissertations Delft. W.D. Meinema, Delft, 1926.
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Record number: 774835
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