Species Clostridium ventriculi

Name: Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ven.tri’cu.li. L. masc. n. ventriculus, the stomach; L. gen. masc. n. ventriculi, of the stomach

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19633; DSM 286; NCTC 12966

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76649 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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Zymosarcina ventriculi" (Goodsir 1842) Smit 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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.
- 🧍 Illegitimate according to IJSEM 66:4890- 4894, Taxonomic Note by B. Tindall. Publication: Tindall BJ. Priority of the genus name Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) vs Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) and the creation of the illegitimate combinations Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016 and Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842) Lawson and Rainey 2016 that may not be used. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4890-4894.

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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Species Clostridium ventriculi