Species ***Clostridium* *chauvoei***

Name: Clostridium chauvoei (Arloing et al. 1887) Scott 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium chauvoei" Arloing et al. 1887

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. chauvoei, of Chauveau, named after Professor J.A.B. Chauveau, French bacteriologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 10092; CIP 104317; DSM 7528; NCTC 13023

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U51843 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scott JP. The etiology of blackleg and methods of determining Clostridum chauvoei from other anaerobic organisms found in cases of blackleg. Cornell Veterinarian 1928; 18:259-271.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacterium chauvoei" Arloing et al. 1887	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 = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 169 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: Scott JP. The etiology of blackleg and methods of determining Clostridum chauvoei from other anaerobic organisms found in cases of blackleg. Cornell Veterinarian 1928; 18:259-271.

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Species Clostridium chauvoei

Species ***Clostridium* *chauvoei***