Species ***Clostridium* *cadaveris***

Name: Clostridium cadaveris (Klein 1899) McClung and McCoy 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus cadaveris" Klein 1899

Etymology: ca.da.ve.ris. L. neut. n. cadaver, dead body; L. gen. neut. n. cadaveris, of a corpse

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25783; CCUG 24035; CIP 104314; DSM 1284; JCM 1392

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB542932 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McClung LS, McCoy E. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski 1880. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 634-693.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus cadaveris" Klein 1899	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 31 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: McClung LS, McCoy E. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski 1880. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 634-693.

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Record number: 774843

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Species Clostridium cadaveris

Species ***Clostridium* *cadaveris***