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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um pu-NI-ke-um, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PP?". — 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 4 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.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 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]. — 🧍 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***