Name: Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus difficilis" Hall and O'Toole 1935
Etymology: L. neut. adj. difficile, difficult (referring to “the unusual difficulty that was encountered in its isolation and study”)
Type strain: AS 1.2184; ATCC 9689; BCRC 10642; CCRC 10642; CCUG 4938; CIP 104282; DSM 1296; JCM 1296; LMG 15861; NCIB 10666; NCIMB 10666; NCTC 11209
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16S rRNA gene:
HM245939
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FASTA
Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.
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
Correct name: Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016
Name | Kind |
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"Bacillus difficilis" Hall and O'Toole 1935 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016 | homotypic synonym, validly published |
Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.
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Record number: 774867