Species ***Clostridium* *piliforme***

Name: Clostridium piliforme (ex Tyzzer 1917) Duncan et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: pi.li.for.me. L. masc. n. pilus, a hair; L. neut. adj. suff. -forme, of the shape of; N.L. neut. adj. piliforme, hair-shaped

Gender: neuter

Type strain: not given

Valid publication: Duncan AJ, Carman RJ, Olsen GJ, Wilson KH. Assignment of the agent of Tyzzer's disease to Clostridium piliforme comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:314-318.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Tyzzerella piliformis" (Duncan et al. 1993 ex Tyzzer 1917) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type. Organism may be maintained in mammalian cell lines.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
- In violation of Rule 34a, Duncan et al. 1993 propose Clostridium piliforme as a new combination. — The name Clostridium piliforme is not validly published because no type strain is designated [Rule 27(3), Rule 30]. — The name Clostridium piliforme is not validly published because no type strain is designated; see Rule 27(3), Rule 30. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
- Nom. rev. / basonym "Bacillus piliformis". 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Duncan AJ, Carman RJ, Olsen GJ, Wilson KH. Assignment of the agent of Tyzzer's disease to Clostridium piliforme comb. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:314-318.

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Species Clostridium piliforme

Species ***Clostridium* *piliforme***