Species Clostridium ultunense

Name: Clostridium ultunense Schnürer et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ul.tu.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. ultunense, pertaining to Ultuna, the area where the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is located

Pronunciation, gender: ul-tu-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700254; BS; DSM 10521; KCTC 5023

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16S rRNA gene: Z69293 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schnurer A, Schink B, Svensson BH. Clostridium ultunense sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium oxidizing acetate in syntrophic association with a hydrogenotrophic methanogenic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1145-1152. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Schnuerera ultunensis (Schnürer et al. 1996) Lawson 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Schnuerera ultunensis (Schnürer et al. 1996) Lawson 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Clostridium ultunense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Schnurer A, Schink B, Svensson BH. Clostridium ultunense sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium oxidizing acetate in syntrophic association with a hydrogenotrophic methanogenic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1145-1152. 🇸🇪

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Species Clostridium ultunense