Species ***Clostridium* *tarantellae***

Name: Clostridium tarantellae (Udey et al. 1977) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Eubacterium tarantellae corrig. Udey et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ta.ran.tel’lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. tarantellae, of tarantella, a fast, whirling dance, referring to the disease symptoms of the fish from which the species was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29255; DSM 3997; UM-87

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L34624 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Eubacterium tarantellus Udey et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Eubacterium tarantellae corrig. Udey et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 5 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: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016.

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Record number: 793810

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Species Clostridium tarantellae

Species ***Clostridium* *tarantellae***