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 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.
- 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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Record number: 786867

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