Species ***Clostridium* *pasteurianum***

Name: Clostridium pasteurianum Winogradsky 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pas.teu.ri.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. pasteurianum, pertaining to Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um pas-te͡u-ri-A-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 6013; BCRC 10942; CCRC 10942; CCUG 31328; DSM 525; JCM 1408; KCTC 1674; LMG 3285; NCIB 9486; NCIMB 9486; VKM B-1774

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB536773 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Recherches sur l'assimilation de l'azote libre de l'atmosphère par les microbes. Archives of Science and Biology, St. Petersbourg 1895; 3:297-352.

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: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05083 (N = 20).
- 😷 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". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 772 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Winogradsky S. Recherches sur l'assimilation de l'azote libre de l'atmosphère par les microbes. Archives of Science and Biology, St. Petersbourg 1895; 3:297-352.

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Species Clostridium pasteurianum

Species ***Clostridium* *pasteurianum***