Species ***Clostridium* *subterminale***

Name: Clostridium subterminale (Hall and Whitehead 1927) Spray 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus subterminalis" Hall and Whitehead 1927

Etymology: sub.ter.mi.na’le. L. prep. sub, under; L. adj. terminalis -is -e, terminal; N.L. neut. adj. subterminale, near the end, subterminal

Pronunciation, gender: sub-ter-mi-NA-le, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25774; BCRC 14486; CCRC 14486; CCUG 21841; CDC KA152; DSM 6970; JCM 1417; NCIMB 10746; VPI 20231

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X68451 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spray RS. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 763-827.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus subterminalis" Hall and Whitehead 1927	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 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 41 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Spray RS. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 763-827.

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Record number: 774993

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Species Clostridium subterminale

Species ***Clostridium* *subterminale***