Species ***Clostridium* *vincentii***

Name: Clostridium vincentii Mountfort et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vin.cen’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vincentii, of Vincent, in honor of Warwick Vincent for his contribution to our understanding of microbial ecosystems in Antarctica

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 10228; lac-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X97432 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kaspar HF, Stackebrandt E. Clostridium vincentii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, saccharolytic, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from low-salinity pond sediment of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Arch Microbiol 1997; 167:54-60.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kaspar HF, Stackebrandt E. Clostridium vincentii sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, saccharolytic, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from low-salinity pond sediment of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Arch Microbiol 1997; 167:54-60.

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Species Clostridium vincentii

Species ***Clostridium* *vincentii***