Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium tetanomorphum

Name: Clostridium tetanomorphum (ex Bulloch et al. 1919) Wilde et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: L. gen. masc. n. tetani, a bacterial specific epithet; Gr. fem. n. morphê, shape or form; N.L. neut. adj. tetanomorphum, [Clostridium] tetani shaped

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49273; DSM 4474; NCTC 543; Robertson 259E

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Valid publication: Wilde E, Hippe H, Tosunoglu N, Schallehn G, Herwig K, Gottschalk G. Clostridium tetanomorphum sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:127-134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wilde E, Hippe H, Tosunoglu N, Schallehn G, Herwig K, Gottschalk G. Clostridium tetanomorphum sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:127-134.

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Record number: 775000
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