Species "Clostridium nigrificans"

Name: "Clostridium nigrificans" Werkman and Weaver 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nig.rif’i.cans. L. neut. part. adj. nigrificans, making black, blackening

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19998; DSM 574; IFO 13698; NBRC 13698; NCIB 8395; NCIMB 8395

16S rRNA gene: X62176 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Werkman CH, Weaver HJ. Studies in the bacteriology of suphur stinker spoilage of canned sweet corn. Iowa State Journal of Science 1927; 2:57-67.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (Werkman and Weaver 1927) Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans Parshina et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (Werkman and Weaver 1927) Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Visser et al. (2014), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans Parshina et al. 2005. Publication: Visser M, Parshina SN, Alves JI, Sousa DZ, Pereira IA, Muyzer G, Kuever J, Lebedinsky AV, Koehorst JJ, Worm P, et al. Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:655-675. 🇳🇱
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Werkman CH, Weaver HJ. Studies in the bacteriology of suphur stinker spoilage of canned sweet corn. Iowa State Journal of Science 1927; 2:57-67.

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Record number: 4192

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Species "Clostridium nigrificans"