Species Clostridium stercorarium

Name: Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ra’ri.um. L. neut. adj. stercorarium, pertaining to dung, referring to the source of the isolate, a compost heap

Pronunciation, gender: ster-ko-RA-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35414; DSM 6239; DSM 8532; NCIB 11754; NCIMB 11754

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16S rRNA gene: AJ310082 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Madden RH. Isolation and characterization of Clostridium stercorarium sp. nov., cellulolytic thermophile. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:837-840.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Thermoclostridium stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Thermoclostridium stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Fardeau et al. 2001 Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Transfer of thermobacteroides leptospartum and Clostridium thermolacticum as Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. and C. stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1127-1131. 🇦🇺 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium stercorarium 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 93 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 genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum (Toda et al. 1989) Fardeau et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Fardeau et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Clostridium stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum (Le Ruyet et al. 1988) Fardeau et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Madden RH. Isolation and characterization of Clostridium stercorarium sp. nov., cellulolytic thermophile. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:837-840.

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Species Clostridium stercorarium