Species Clostridium rectum

Name: Clostridium rectum (Heller 1922) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Hiblerillus rectus" Heller 1922

Etymology: rec’tum. L. neut. part. adj. rectum, straight

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25751; DSM 1295; JCM 1412

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77850 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Anaerobe Laboratory Manual. Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1972.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Hiblerillus rectus" Heller 1922	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus mortiferus" Harris 1901	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- According to De Witte et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus mortiferus" Harris 1901. Publication: De Witte C, Flahou B, Ducatelle R, Smet A, De Bruyne E, Cnockaert M, Taminiau B, Daube G, Vandamme P, Haesebrouck F. Detection, isolation and characterization of Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. colonizing the stomach of pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:42-50.
- According to De Witte et al. (2017), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: De Witte C, Flahou B, Ducatelle R, Smet A, De Bruyne E, Cnockaert M, Taminiau B, Daube G, Vandamme P, Haesebrouck F. Detection, isolation and characterization of Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. colonizing the stomach of pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:42-50.
- Clostridium rectum is the correct name 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Anaerobe Laboratory Manual. Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1972.

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Record number: 774968

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