Name: "Coccobacillus praeacutus" Tissier 1908

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25539; CCUG 27825; LMG 8203; NCIMB 703038; NCTC 11158

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Original publication: Tissier H. Recherches sur la flore intestinale normale des enfants âgés d'un an à cinq ans. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1908; 22:189-208.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Tissierella praeacuta (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium hastiforme MacLennan 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tissierella praeacuta (Tissier 1908) Collins and Shah 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacteroides praeacutus (Tissier 1908) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Bae et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium hastiforme MacLennan 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bae JW, Park JR, Chang YH, Rhee SK, Kim BC, Park YH. Clostridium hastiforme is a later synonym of Tissierella praeacuta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:947-949.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".

Parent taxon: [Coccobacillus]

Assigned by: Tissier H. Recherches sur la flore intestinale normale des enfants âgés d'un an à cinq ans. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1908; 22:189-208.

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Record number: 4084