Species ***Clostridium* *magnum***

Name: Clostridium magnum Schink 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’gnum. L. neut. adj. magnum, big, referring to cell size

Pronunciation, gender: MA-n͡gnum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49199; DSM 2767; Wo Bd P1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77835 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B. Clostridium magnum sp. nov., a non-autotrophic homoacetogenic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 137:250-255. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06382 (N = 29).
- 😷 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 15 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schink B. Clostridium magnum sp. nov., a non-autotrophic homoacetogenic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 137:250-255. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 774925

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Species Clostridium magnum

Species ***Clostridium* *magnum***