Species Clostridium lavalense

Name: Clostridium lavalense Domingo et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.va.len’se. N.L. neut. adj. lavalense, pertaining to the institution, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCRI 9842; CCUG 54291; DSM 19851; JCM 14986; NML 03-A-015

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF564277 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Domingo MC, Huletsky A, Boissinot M, Helie MC, Bernal A, Bernard KA, Grayson ML, Picard FJ, Bergeron MG. Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:498-503.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Enterocloster lavalensis (Domingo et al. 2009) Haas and Blanchard 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Enterocloster lavalensis (Domingo et al. 2009) Haas and Blanchard 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium lavalense 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 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 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Domingo MC, Huletsky A, Boissinot M, Helie MC, Bernal A, Bernard KA, Grayson ML, Picard FJ, Bergeron MG. Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:498-503.

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Species Clostridium lavalense