Species ***Clostridium* *paraputrificum***

Name: Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock 1906) Snyder 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus paraputrificus" Bienstock 1906

Etymology: pa.ra.pu.tri’fi.cum. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. neut. adj. putrificum, a specific epithet; N.L. neut. adj. paraputrificum, resembling (Clostridium) putrificum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-ra-pu-TRI-fi-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25780; CCUG 32755; DSM 2630; JCM 1293; NCTC 11833

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73445 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Snyder ML. The Serologic Agglutination of the Obligate Anaerobes Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock) and Clostridium capitovalis (Synder and Hall). J Bacteriol 1936; 32:401-410.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus paraputrificus" Bienstock 1906	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 = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — 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 105 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Snyder ML. The Serologic Agglutination of the Obligate Anaerobes Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock) and Clostridium capitovalis (Synder and Hall). J Bacteriol 1936; 32:401-410.

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Record number: 774945

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Species Clostridium paraputrificum

Species ***Clostridium* *paraputrificum***