Species Clostridium bolteae

Name: Clostridium bolteae Song et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bol’te.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. bolteae, of Bolte, to honor the American Ellen Bolte, who first proposed a bacterial role in late-onset autism and stimulated work in this area

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um BOL-te-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: 16351; ATCC BAA-613; CCUG 46953; DSM 15670; WAL 16351

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ508452 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Song Y, Liu C, Molitoris DR, Tomzynski TJ, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Finegold SM. Clostridium bolteae sp. nov., isolated from human sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:84-89. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Enterocloster bolteae (Song et al. 2003) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Lachnoclostridium bolteae" (Song et al. 2003) Raymond et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Enterocloster bolteae (Song et al. 2003) Haas and Blanchard 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium bolteae 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 72 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Song Y, Liu C, Molitoris DR, Tomzynski TJ, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Finegold SM. Clostridium bolteae sp. nov., isolated from human sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:84-89. 🇺🇸

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Species Clostridium bolteae