Species Clostridium proteoclasticum

Name: Clostridium proteoclasticum Attwood et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.te.o.clas.ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. adj. clasticus -a -um, breaking; from Gr. adj. klastos -ê -on, broken in pieces; N.L. neut. adj. proteoclasticum, protein breaking

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51982; B 316; DSM 14932

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16S rRNA gene: U37378 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Attwood GT, Reilly K, Patel BK. Clostridium proteoclasticum sp. nov., a novel proteolytic bacterium from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:753-758.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus (Attwood et al. 1996) Moon et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus (Attwood et al. 1996) Moon et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Clostridium proteoclasticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 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 2023-10-29. 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 20 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Attwood GT, Reilly K, Patel BK. Clostridium proteoclasticum sp. nov., a novel proteolytic bacterium from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:753-758.

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Species Clostridium proteoclasticum