Species ***Clostridium* *tetani***

Name: Clostridium tetani (Flügge 1886) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus tetani" Flügge 1886

Etymology: te.ta.ni. L. masc. n. tetanus, tension, tetanus; from Gr. masc. n. tetanos; L. gen. masc. n. tetani, of tetanus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19406; CCUG 4220; NCTC 279

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X74770 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacillus tetani" Flügge 1886	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05355 (N = 28).
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

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Species Clostridium tetani

Species ***Clostridium* *tetani***