Species ***Clostridium* *novyi***

Name: Clostridium novyi (Migula 1900) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus novyi" Migula 1900

Etymology: no’vy.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. novyi, of Novy, named after F.G. Novy, American bacteriologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 17861; DSM 14992; JCM 1406; NCTC 13029

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16S rRNA gene: AB536772 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus novyi" Migula 1900	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 227 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 There is obviously a problem with the citation of Clostridium novyi and the author thanks Dr. T. Kudo (JCM, Japan) and Dr. J. E. Hill (NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute, Canada) for their helpful informations. - In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and in the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this taxon is cited as "C. novyi (Migula 1894) Bergey, Harrison, Breed, Hammer and Huntoon 1923". The reference of the paper by Migula 1894 is the following: "Migula, W. 1894, Zeitschrift fur Hygiene 17:209". - Zeitschrift für Hygiene, 1894, 17, 209-232 is an article by F. G. Novy entitled "Ein neuer anaërober Bacillus des malignen Oedems" [see a copy of the first page provided by Dr. J. E. Hill]. - In the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology sixth, seventh and eight editions, in the first edition of the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, and in the Index Bergeyana, this taxon is cited as Clostridium novyi (Migula 1900) Bergey et al. 1923 and the synonym "Bacillus novyi" is cited as "Bacillus novyi Migula 1900". The reference is the following: Migula, W. 1900. System der Bakterien. Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 Zeitschrift für Hygiene, 1894, 17, 209-232 is an article by F. G. Novy entitled "Ein neuer anaërober Bacillus des malignen Oedems" [see a copy of the first page (pdf format) provided by Dr. J. E. Hill]. Publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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Species Clostridium novyi

Species ***Clostridium* *novyi***