Species ***Clostridium* *septicum***

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Clostridia Eubacteriales Clostridiaceae Clostridium Clostridium septicum

Name: Clostridium septicum (Macé 1889) Ford 1927 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus septicus" Macé 1889

Etymology: sep’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. septicum, putrefactive

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um SEP-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12464; BCRC 14552; CCM 5743; CCRC 14552; CCUG 4855; CIP 61.10; CN 3790; DSM 7534; JCM 8144; NCCB 47070; NCIB 547; NCIMB 547; NCTC 547; NRRL B-3197

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB971813 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ford WW. Text-book of Bacteriology. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1927.

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus septicus" Macé 1889	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 650 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.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ford WW. Text-book of Bacteriology. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1927.

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