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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 40 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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***