Species ***Clostridium* *herbivorans***

Name: Clostridium herbivorans Varel et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.bi’vo.rans. L. fem. n. herba, grass, herb, a green plant; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. neut. part. adj. herbivorans, devouring plants

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … her-BI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: 54408; ATCC 49925; CIP 104610; DSM 14428

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: L34418 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Varel VH, Tanner RS, Woese CR. Clostridium herbivorans sp. nov., a cellulolytic anaerobe from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:490-494. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is susceptible to being reclassified among Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination or as a new genus with C. polysaccharolyticum". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Varel VH, Tanner RS, Woese CR. Clostridium herbivorans sp. nov., a cellulolytic anaerobe from the pig intestine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:490-494. 🇺🇸

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Species Clostridium herbivorans

Species ***Clostridium* *herbivorans***