Species ***Clostridium* *butyricum***

Name: Clostridium butyricum Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty’ri.cum. Gr. neut. n. boutyron, butter; L. neut. n. butyrum, butter; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. butyricum, related to butter, butyric

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19398; CCUG 4217; CIP 103309; DSM 10702; HAMBI 482; IAM 14194; IFO 13949; JCM 1391; KCTC 1786; KCTC 1871; LMG 1217; NBRC 13949; NCCB 89156; NCIB 7423; NCIMB 7423; NCTC 7423; VKM B-1773

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16S rRNA gene: AB595129 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prazmowski A. Untersuchung über die Entwickelungsgeschichte und Fermentwirkung einiger Bacterien-Arten. Inaugural Dissertation. Hugo Voigt, Leipzig, 1880.

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prazmowski A. Untersuchung über die Entwickelungsgeschichte und Fermentwirkung einiger Bacterien-Arten. Inaugural Dissertation. Hugo Voigt, Leipzig, 1880.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 1053 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Prazmowski A. Untersuchung über die Entwickelungsgeschichte und Fermentwirkung einiger Bacterien-Arten. Inaugural Dissertation. Hugo Voigt, Leipzig, 1880.

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Species Clostridium butyricum

Species ***Clostridium* *butyricum***