Species Clostridium maximum

Name: Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ma’xi.mum. L. neut. adj. maximum, greatest, largest

Pronunciation, gender: … MA-ksi-mum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33910; DSM 316; IMET B 103; K66

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16S rRNA gene: X76650 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 2 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 genus.
- 🧍 Illegitimate according to IJSEM 66:4890- 4894, Taxonomic Note by B. Tindall. Publication: Tindall BJ. Priority of the genus name Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) vs Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) and the creation of the illegitimate combinations Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016 and Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842) Lawson and Rainey 2016 that may not be used. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4890-4894. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 793808

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Species Clostridium maximum