Species Clostridium irregulare

Name: Clostridium irregulare corrig. (Choukévitch 1911) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus irregularis" Choukévitch 1911

Etymology: ir.re.gu.la’re L. neut. adj. irregulare, irregular, referring to pleomorphic, irregular cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25756; DSM 2635; JCM 1425

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16S rRNA gene: AB971797 Analyse FASTA

Original 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: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Asaccharospora irregularis (Choukévitch 1911) Gerritsen et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus irregularis" Choukévitch 1911	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Clostridium irregularis (Choukévitch 1911) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, orthographic variant
Asaccharospora irregularis (Choukévitch 1911) Gerritsen et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- Clostridium irregulare is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Clostridium.
- The original spelling Clostridium irregularis (sic), has been corrected by Cato et al. 1986.
- The original spelling, Clostridium irregularis (sic), has been corrected by Cato et al. 1986. Publication: Cato EP, George WL, Finegold SM. Genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880, 23AL. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1141-1200.

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: 774904