Species ***Clostridium* *thermobutyricum***

Name: Clostridium thermobutyricum Wiegel et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.bu.ty’ri.cum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. neut. n. boutyron, butter; L. neut. n. butyrum, butter; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. thermobutyricum, referring to the production of butyrate under thermophilic conditions

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um t^her-mo-bu-TY-ri-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49875; DSM 4928; JW171K

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16S rRNA gene: X72868 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wiegel J, Kuk SU, Kohring GW. Clostridium thermobutyricum sp. nov., a moderate thermophile isolated from a cellulolytic culture, that produces butyrate as the major product. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:199-204. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Wiegel J, Kuk SU, Kohring GW. Clostridium thermobutyricum sp. nov., a moderate thermophile isolated from a cellulolytic culture, that produces butyrate as the major product. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:199-204. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 775005

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Species Clostridium thermobutyricum

Species ***Clostridium* *thermobutyricum***