Species ***Clostridium* *swellfunianum***

Name: Clostridium swellfunianum Liu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: swell.fun.i.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. swellfunianum, pertaining to Swellfun, the English name for a liquor manufacturer in China, from whose production plant the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CICC 10730; DSM 27788; JCM 19606; S11-3-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB838978 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu C, Huang D, Liu L, Zhang J, Deng Y, Chen L, Zhang W, Wu Z, Fan A, Lai D, et al. Clostridium swellfunianum sp. nov., a novel anaerobic bacterium isolated from the pit mud of Chinese Luzhou-flavor liquor production. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:817-825.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liu C, Huang D, Liu L, Zhang J, Deng Y, Chen L, Zhang W, Wu Z, Fan A, Lai D, et al. Clostridium swellfunianum sp. nov., a novel anaerobic bacterium isolated from the pit mud of Chinese Luzhou-flavor liquor production. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:817-825.

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Record number: 792459

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Species Clostridium swellfunianum

Species ***Clostridium* *swellfunianum***