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Species Clostridium sphenoides
Name: Clostridium sphenoides (Douglas et al. 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus sphenoides" Douglas et al. 1919
Etymology: sphe.no’i.des. Gr. masc. n. sphên (gen. sphênos), wedge; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. sphenoides, wedge-shaped
Type strain: ATCC 19403; CIP 104283; DSM 632; JCM 1415; LMG 10390; NCCB 77027; NCIB 10627; NCIMB 10627; NCTC 507; Thorlby
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X73449
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
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
Correct name: Lacrimispora sphenoides (Douglas et al. 1919) Haas and Blanchard 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacillus sphenoides" Douglas et al. 1919 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Desulfotomaculum guttoideum Gogotova and Vainstein 1986 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Lacrimispora sphenoides (Douglas et al. 1919) Haas and Blanchard 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Haas and Blanchard (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum Gogotova and Vainstein 1986.
Publication:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.
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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
- ❗ Clostridium sphenoides 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 = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — 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 23 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 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.
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⏰ According to Haas and Blanchard (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum Gogotova and Vainstein 1986.
Publication:
Haas KN, Blanchard JL. Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades as Enterocloster gen. nov. and Lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:23-34.
Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
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Record number: 774984
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