Species Clostridium lortetii

Name: Clostridium lortetii Oren 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lor.tet’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lortetii, of Lortet, named after M.L. Lortet, a French microbiologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35059; DSM 3070; Strain MD-2

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16S rRNA gene: KJ477330 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oren A. Clostridium lortetii sp. nov., a halophilic obligatory anaerobic bacterium producing endospores with attached gas vacuoles. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:42-48.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium lortetii 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Oren A. Clostridium lortetii sp. nov., a halophilic obligatory anaerobic bacterium producing endospores with attached gas vacuoles. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:42-48.

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Species Clostridium lortetii