Species Clostridium clostridiiforme

Name: Clostridium clostridiiforme (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Kaneuchi et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium clostridiiforme" Burri and Ankersmit 1906

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25537; BCRC 14545; CCRC 14545; CCUG 16791; CIP 104318; DSM 933; JCM 1291; NCIMB 11018; NCTC 11224; VPI 0316

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59089 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kaneuchi C, Watanabe K, Terada A, Benno Y, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of Bacteroides clostridiiformis subsp. clostridiiformis (Burri and Ankersmit) Holdeman and Moore and of related organisms: proposal of Clostridium clostridiiforme (Burri and Andersmit) comb. nov. and Clostridium symbiosum (Stevens) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:195-204.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Clostridium clostridioforme corrig. (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Kaneuchi et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Enterocloster clostridioformis (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Haas and Blanchard 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Clostridium clostridioforme corrig. (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Kaneuchi et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacterium clostridiiforme" Burri and Ankersmit 1906	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
"Bacteroides clostridiiformis" (Burri and Ankersmit 1906) Holdeman and Moore 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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". — 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 25 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kaneuchi C, Watanabe K, Terada A, Benno Y, Mitsuoka T. Taxonomic study of Bacteroides clostridiiformis subsp. clostridiiformis (Burri and Ankersmit) Holdeman and Moore and of related organisms: proposal of Clostridium clostridiiforme (Burri and Andersmit) comb. nov. and Clostridium symbiosum (Stevens) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:195-204.

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Species Clostridium clostridiiforme