Species Clostridium sordellii

Name: Clostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus sordellii" Hall and Scott 1927

Etymology: sor.del’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sordellii, of Sordelli, named after Professor A. Sordelli, an Argentinian bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sor-DEL-li-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 9714; BCRC 10649; CCRC 10649; CCUG 9284; CIP 103658; DSM 2141; JCM 3814; LMG 15708; NCIB 10717; NCIMB 10717

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB550230 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Paeniclostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paeniclostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paraclostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus sordellii" Hall and Scott 1927	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium sordellii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 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, note = "ht". — 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 371 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.

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Species Clostridium sordellii