Name: "Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum" (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Yutin and Galperin 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus ramosus" Veillon and Zuber 1898

Etymology: ra.mo’sum. L. neut. adj. ramosum, branching

Pronunciation, gender: ra-MO-sum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25582; BCRC 14518; CCRC 14518; CCUG 24038; CHUV1985; DSM 1402; JCM 1298; NCIB 10673; NCIMB 10673; NCTC 11812; VPI 0427; VTT E-062946

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16S rRNA gene: X73440 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Holdeman et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thomasclavelia ramosa (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Lawson et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillus ramosus" Veillon and Zuber 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Holdeman et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Erysipelatoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013. Publication: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: "Erysipelatoclostridium" Yutin and Galperin 2013

Assigned by: Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641.

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Record number: 10483