Species ***Clostridium* *scatologenes***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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

Gender: neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59104 Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus scatologenes" Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07394 (N = 28).
- 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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Species Clostridium scatologenes

Species ***Clostridium* *scatologenes***