Species ***Clostridium* *scindens***

Name: Clostridium scindens Morris et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: scin’dens. L. part. adj. scindens, splitting, because it produces a desmolase

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35704; Bokkenheuser 19; CIP 106687; DSM 5676; JCM 6567

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16S rRNA gene: AF262238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morris GN, Winter J, Cato EP, Ritchie AE, Bokkenheuser VD. Clostridium scindens sp. nov., a human intestinal bacterium with desmolytic activity on corticoids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:478-481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is susceptible to being reclassified among Lachnospiraceae and as a new combination with Extibacter or as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Morris GN, Winter J, Cato EP, Ritchie AE, Bokkenheuser VD. Clostridium scindens sp. nov., a human intestinal bacterium with desmolytic activity on corticoids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:478-481.

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Species Clostridium scindens

Species ***Clostridium* *scindens***