Species Clostridium ghoni

Name: Clostridium ghoni Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25757; BCRC 14548; CCRC 14548; CCUG 9282; DSM 15049; JCM 1400; NCIMB 10636

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73451 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Clostridium ghonii corrig. Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paraclostridium ghonii (Prévot 1938) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Clostridium ghonii corrig. Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
Paeniclostridium ghonii (Prévot 1938) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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 2 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: 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: 774885

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Species Clostridium ghoni