Species Clostridium glycolicum

Name: Clostridium glycolicum Gaston and Stadtman 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.co’li.cum. N.L. neut. n. glycol, glycol; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of related to, belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. glycolicum, pertaining to glycol, referring to the ability to ferment ethylene glycol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gly-KO-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14880; DSM 1288; JCM 1401; NCIB 10632; NCIMB 10632; NCTC 13026

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76750 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gaston LW, Stadtman ER. Fermentation of ethylene glycol by Clostridium glycolicum, sp. n. J Bacteriol 1963; 85:356-362.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Terrisporobacter glycolicus (Gaston and Stadtman 1963) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Terrisporobacter glycolicus (Gaston and Stadtman 1963) Gerritsen et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Chamkha et al. 2001 Chamkha M, Labat M, Patel BK, Garcia JL. Isolation of a cinnamic acid-metabolizing Clostridium glycolicum strain from oil mill wastewaters and emendation of the species description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2049-2054. 🇫🇷 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium glycolicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 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 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 24 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: Gaston LW, Stadtman ER. Fermentation of ethylene glycol by Clostridium glycolicum, sp. n. J Bacteriol 1963; 85:356-362.

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Species Clostridium glycolicum