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Species Clostridium scatologenes

Name: Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prévot 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus scatologenes" Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927

Etymology: sca.to.lo’ge.nes. Gr. gen. neut. n. skatos, dung; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce, engender; N.L. neut. part. adj. scatologenes, meaning either an organism that produces a dung-like odor or an organism that produces skatol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um ska-to-LO-ge-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25775; CCUG 9283; DSM 757; JCM 1414; NCTC 12992

16S rRNA gene: M59104 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 2nd ed. Masson, Paris, 1948.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07394 (N = 21).
    • 😷 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 = 2, note = "PIIC". — 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 18 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 2nd ed. Masson, Paris, 1948.

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Record number: 774978