Name: "Plectridium carnis" (Klein 1904) Prevot 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus carnis" Klein 1904

Etymology: car’nis. L. gen. fem. n. carnis, sapwood

Type strain: ATCC 25777; CIP 104315; DSM 1293; JCM 1393; NCTC 13036

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59091 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium carnis (Klein 1904) Spray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus carnis" Klein 1904	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Clostridium carnis (Klein 1904) Spray 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Parent taxon: [Plectridium]

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 3223