Species ***Clostridium* *cellulovorans***

Name: Clostridium cellulovorans Sleat et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo’vo.rans. L. fem. n. cellula, a small store-room and in biology a cell; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. neut. part. adj. cellulovorans, cell-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: kel-lu-LO-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: 743B; ATCC 35296; DSM 3052

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71849 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sleat R, Mah RA, Robinson R. Isolation and Characterization of an Anaerobic, Cellulolytic Bacterium, Clostridium cellulovorans sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1984; 48:88-93.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

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 -0.04127 (N = 33).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 167 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: Sleat R, Mah RA, Robinson R. Isolation and Characterization of an Anaerobic, Cellulolytic Bacterium, Clostridium cellulovorans sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1984; 48:88-93.

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Record number: 774853

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Species Clostridium cellulovorans

Species ***Clostridium* *cellulovorans***