Species ***Clostridium* *grantii***

Name: Clostridium grantii Mountfort et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: grant’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. grantii, of Grant, named after William Donaldson Grant for his contribution to our understanding of marine polysaccharide degradation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 105529; DSM 8605; Strain A-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X75272 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E. Clostridium grantii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, alginolytic bacterium isolated from mullet gut. Arch Microbiol 1994; 162:173-179.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06780 (N = 27).
- 😷 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E. Clostridium grantii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, alginolytic bacterium isolated from mullet gut. Arch Microbiol 1994; 162:173-179.

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Species Clostridium grantii

Species ***Clostridium* *grantii***