Species Clostridium limosum

Name: Clostridium limosum André 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mo’sum. L. neut. adj. limosum, muddy or slimy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25620; BCRC 14513; CCRC 14513; CCUG 24037; DSM 1400; JCM 1427; NCIB 10638; NCIMB 10638; VPI 2700

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC036318 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Hathewaya limosa (André 1948) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Hathewaya limosa (André 1948) Lawson and Rainey 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium limosum 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 authority of the taxon name (André) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Prévot).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 = 2, note = "ht". — 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 40 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170.

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Record number: 774918

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Species Clostridium limosum