Species Clostridium sticklandii

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Clostridia Eubacteriales Clostridiaceae Clostridium Clostridium sticklandii

Name: Clostridium sticklandii Stadtman and McClung 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: stick.lan’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sticklandii, of Stickland, named after L.H. Stickland, British biochemist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um stikk-LAN-di-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12662; BCRC 14485; CCRC 14485; CCUG 9281; DSM 519; JCM 1433; NCIB 10654; NCIMB 10654; StadtmanHF

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC053841 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stadtman TC, Mcclung LS. Clostridium sticklandii nov. spec. J Bacteriol 1957; 73:218-219.

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: Acetoanaerobium sticklandii (Stadtman and McClung 1957) Galperin et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Acetoanaerobium sticklandii (Stadtman and McClung 1957) Galperin et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium sticklandii 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 105 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stadtman TC, Mcclung LS. Clostridium sticklandii nov. spec. J Bacteriol 1957; 73:218-219.

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Record number: 774991

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