Species ***Clostridium* *kluyveri***

Name: Clostridium kluyveri Barker and Taha 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kluy’ver.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kluyveri, of Kluyver, named for A.J. Kluyver, Dutch microbiologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 8527; DSM 555; IFO 12016; NBRC 12016; NCCB 46095; NCCB 72061; NCIB 10680; NCIMB 10680

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59092 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Barker HA, Taha SM. Clostridium kluyverii, an Organism Concerned in the Formation of Caproic Acid from Ethyl Alcohol. J Bacteriol 1942; 43:347-363.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05855 (N = 38).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 = 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 220 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Barker HA, Taha SM. Clostridium kluyverii, an Organism Concerned in the Formation of Caproic Acid from Ethyl Alcohol. J Bacteriol 1942; 43:347-363.

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Record number: 774908

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Species Clostridium kluyveri

Species ***Clostridium* *kluyveri***