Species Clostridium putrificum

Name: Clostridium putrificum (Trevisan 1889) Reddish and Rettger 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. putrificum, making rotten

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25784; BCRC 14514; CCRC 14514; CCUG 15942; CIP 60.54; DSM 1734; JCM 1410; NCIB 10677; NCIMB 10677; NCTC 13037; VPI 4440

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73442 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Reddish G, Rettger L. Clostridium putrificum (B. putrificus Beinstock) a distinct species. Abstracts of Bacteriology 1922; 6:9.

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, rejected name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- Nomen periculosum, rejected name (Opinion 69; IJSB 49:339). Publication: Anonymous. Judicial Opinion No. 69. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:339.
- Clostridium putrificum (Trevisan 1889) Reddish and Rettger 1922 (Approved Lists 1980), Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem 1896) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) and Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff 1908) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) are genetically related at the species level and Clostridium putrificum has priority. Olsen et al. 1995, propose rejection of the name Clostridium putrificum on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56a (5) as a nomen periculosum, and conservation of the name Clostridium botulinum (Rule 23a note 4, Rule 56b note 2), and conservation of the name Clostridium sporogenes for the nontoxigenic strains on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56b note 2.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reddish G, Rettger L. Clostridium putrificum (B. putrificus Beinstock) a distinct species. Abstracts of Bacteriology 1922; 6:9.

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Record number: 774963