Species ***Clostridium* *puniceum***

Name: Clostridium puniceum Lund et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.ni’ce.um. L. neut. adj. puniceum, purplish, referring to pink color of colonies on potato infusion agar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43978; BL 70/20; DSM 2619; ICMP 12529; NCIB 11596; NCIMB 11596

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16S rRNA gene: X71857 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lund BM, Brocklehurst TF, Wyatt GM. Characterization of strains of Clostridium puniceum sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, pectolytic bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1981; 122:17-26.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 6, published 19 May 1981) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
- The species Clostridium puniceum (effective publication: Lund et al. 1981, type strain: strain BL 70/20 = NCIB 11596 = NCIMB 11596) appears also on the Validation List no. 8 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 6, published 19 May 1981) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.
- The species Clostridium puniceum [effective publication: Lund et al. 1981, type strain: strain BL 70/20 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 11596] appears also on the Validation List no. 8 [1]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lund BM, Brocklehurst TF, Wyatt GM. Characterization of strains of Clostridium puniceum sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, pectolytic bacterium. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1981; 122:17-26.

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Species Clostridium puniceum

Species ***Clostridium* *puniceum***