Name: Paeniclostridium ghonii (Prévot 1938) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium ghoni Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: gho’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ghonii, of Ghon, named after Professor Ghon, German bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GHO-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25757; BCRC 14548; CCRC 14548; CCUG 9282; DSM 15049; JCM 1400; NCIMB 10636

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Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Tushar L, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1268-1274. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraclostridium ghonii (Prévot 1938) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clostridium ghonii corrig. Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clostridium ghoni Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paeniclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016. Publication: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Tushar L, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1268-1274. 🇮🇳
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 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 ghonii corrig. Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Paeniclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Tushar L, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Paraclostridium benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment and reclassification of Clostridium bifermentans as Paraclostridium bifermentans comb. nov. Proposal of a new genus Paeniclostridium gen. nov. to accommodate Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium ghonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1268-1274. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 793947