Species ***Clostridium* *carnis***

Name: Clostridium carnis (Klein 1904) Spray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus carnis" Klein 1904

Etymology: car’nis. L. gen. fem. n. carnis, of flesh

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um KAR-nis, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25777; CIP 104315; DSM 1293; JCM 1393; NCTC 13036

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59091 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spray RS. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 743-790.

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
"Plectridium carnis" (Klein 1904) Prévot 1938	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Bacillus carnis" Klein 1904	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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 a putative 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: Spray RS. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 5th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1939, p. 743-790.

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Species Clostridium carnis

Species ***Clostridium* *carnis***