Species ***Clostridium* *botulinum***

Name: Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem 1896) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus botulinus" van Ermengem 1896

Etymology: bo.tu.li.num. L. masc. n. botulus, sausage; L. neut. adj. suff. -inum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. botulinum, pertaining to sausage

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25763; CIP 104310

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L37585 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus botulinus" van Ermengem 1896	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 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 2022; 168:0.
- Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 69, IJSB 49:339). Toxin type G -> C. argentinense IJSB 38:380. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 69. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:339.
- Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem 1896) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980), Clostridium putrificum (Trevisan 1889) Reddish and Rettger 1922 (Approved Lists 1980), and Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff 1908) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) are genetically related at the species level and Clostridium putrificum has priority. Olsen et al. 1995, propose rejection of the name Clostridium putrificum on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56a (5) as a nomen periculosum, and conservation of the name Clostridium botulinum (Rule 23a note 4, Rule 56b note 2), and conservation of the name Clostridium sporogenes for the nontoxigenic strains on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56b note 2. Publication: Reddish G, Rettger L. Clostridium putrificum (B. putrificus Beinstock) a distinct species. Abstracts of Bacteriology 1922; 6:9.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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Species Clostridium botulinum

Species ***Clostridium* *botulinum***