Species ***Clostridium* *carboxidivorans***

Name: Clostridium carboxidivorans Liou et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo.xi.di’vo.rans. N.L. neut. adj. carboxidum, carbon monoxide; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. neut. part. adj. carboxidivorans, carbon monoxide-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: kar-bo-xi-DI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-624; DSM 15243; P7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM590560 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liou JS, Balkwill DL, Drake GR, Tanner RS. Clostridium carboxidivorans sp. nov., a solvent-producing clostridium isolated from an agricultural settling lagoon, and reclassification of the acetogen Clostridium scatologenes strain SL1 as Clostridium drakei sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2085-2091.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07307 (N = 24).
- 😷 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 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 73 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liou JS, Balkwill DL, Drake GR, Tanner RS. Clostridium carboxidivorans sp. nov., a solvent-producing clostridium isolated from an agricultural settling lagoon, and reclassification of the acetogen Clostridium scatologenes strain SL1 as Clostridium drakei sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2085-2091.

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Record number: 774847

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Species Clostridium carboxidivorans

Species ***Clostridium* *carboxidivorans***