Species ***Clostridium* *perfringens***

Name: Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus perfringens" Veillon and Zuber 1898

Etymology: per.frin’gens. L. neut. part. adj. perfringens, breaking throug, breaking in pieces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um per-FRIN-gens, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13124; BCRC 10913; CCRC 10913; CCUG 1795; CIP 103409; DSM 756; JCM 1290; LMG 11264; NBIMCC 8615; NCAIM B.01417; NCCB 89165; NCIB 6125; NCIMB 6125; NCTC 8237

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP326373 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Urbain A, Guillot G, Magrou J. Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson and Co., Paris, 1937.

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
"Clostridioides perfringens" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Gal et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
"Bacillus perfringens" Veillon and Zuber 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07460 (N = 30).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human: T - 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T, ht". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Toxigenic". — 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 9207 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 species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Urbain A, Guillot G, Magrou J. Dictionnaire des bactéries pathogènes. Masson and Co., Paris, 1937.

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Species Clostridium perfringens

Species ***Clostridium* *perfringens***