Name: Hathewaya limosa (André 1948) Lawson and Rainey 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium limosum André 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: li.mo’sa. L. fem. adj. limosa, muddy or slimy

Pronunciation, gender: li-MO-sa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25620; BCRC 14513; CCRC 14513; CCUG 24037; DSM 1400; JCM 1427; NCIB 10638; NCIMB 10638; VPI 2700

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC036318 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

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium limosum André 1948 (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 = 2, 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Clostridium limosum André 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Étude des bactéries anaérobies d'Afrique occidentale française (Sénégal, Guinée, Côte d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:157-170. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. 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: Hathewaya Lawson and Rainey 2016

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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Record number: 793806