Species ***Clostridium* *cochlearium***

Name: Clostridium cochlearium (Douglas et al. 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus cochlearius" Douglas et al. 1919

Etymology: co.chle.a.ri.um. L. neut. n. cochlear, spoon; L. neut. adj. suff. -arium, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. cochlearium, resembling a spoon

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 17787; BCRC 14471; CCRC 14471; CCUG 31665; CIP 104319; DSM 1285; JCM 1396; NCCB 73036; NCIB 10633; NCIMB 10633; NCTC 13027

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16S rRNA gene: AB538429 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium lentoputrescens Hartsell and Rettger 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus cochlearius" Douglas et al. 1919	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- According to Nakamura et al. (1979), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium lentoputrescens Hartsell and Rettger 1934 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nakamura S, Okado I, Abe T, Nishida S. Taxonomy of Clostridium tetani and related species. J Gen Microbiol 1979; 113:29-35.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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Species Clostridium cochlearium

Species ***Clostridium* *cochlearium***