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Species Clostridium frigidicarnis

Name: Clostridium frigidicarnis Broda et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.gi.di.car’nis. L. masc. adj. frigidus, cool; L. fem. n. caro (gen. carnis), flesh meat; N.L. gen. fem. n. frigidicarnis, of cool meat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um fri-gi-di-KAR-nis, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-154; DSM 12271; SPL77A

16S rRNA gene: AF069742 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Broda DM, Lawson PA, Bell RG, Musgrave DR. Clostridium frigidicarnis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium associated with 'blown pack' spoilage of vacuum-packed meats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1539-1550. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04413 (N = 22).
    • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Broda DM, Lawson PA, Bell RG, Musgrave DR. Clostridium frigidicarnis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium associated with 'blown pack' spoilage of vacuum-packed meats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1539-1550. 🇳🇿

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Record number: 774882