homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Notes:
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06852 (N = 24).
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
🧍 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.
🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 69, IJSB 49:339).Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 69. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:339.
🧍 Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff 1908) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980), Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem 1896) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980), and Clostridium putrificum (Trevisan 1889) Reddish and Rettger 1922 (Approved Lists 1980) are genetically related at the species level and Clostridium putrificum has priority. Olsen et al. 1995, propose rejection of the name Clostridium putrificum on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56a (5) as a nomen periculosum, and conservation of the name Clostridium botulinum (Rule 23a note 4, Rule 56b note 2), and conservation of the name Clostridium sporogenes for the nontoxigenic strains on the basis of the Rules 23a note 4 and 56b note 2.Publication:
Reddish G, Rettger L. Clostridium putrificum (B. putrificus Beinstock) a distinct species. Abstracts of Bacteriology 1922; 6:9.