Species ***Clostridium* *septicum***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus septicus" Macé 1889

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

Gender: 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

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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

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 2023-10-29. 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 606 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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 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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Species Clostridium septicum

Species ***Clostridium* *septicum***