Name: Clostridium estertheticum subsp. laramiense (Kalchayanand et al. 1993) Spring et al. 2003

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium laramiense corrig. Kalchayanand et al. 1993

Etymology: la.ra.mi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. laramiense, referring to the city of Laramie, WY, USA.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51254; DSM 14864; NK1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ506115 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spring S, Merkhoffer B, Weiss N, Kroppenstedt RM, Hippe H, Stackebrandt E. Characterization of novel psychrophilic clostridia from an Antarctic microbial mat: description of Clostridium frigoris sp. nov., Clostridium lacusfryxellense sp. nov., Clostridium bowmanii sp. nov. and Clostridium psychrophilum sp. nov. and reclassification of Clostridium laramiense as Clostridium estertheticum subsp. laramiense subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1019-1029.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium laramiense corrig. Kalchayanand et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Clostridium laramie Kalchayanand et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.

Parent taxon: Clostridium estertheticum Collins et al. 1993

Assigned by: Spring S, Merkhoffer B, Weiss N, Kroppenstedt RM, Hippe H, Stackebrandt E. Characterization of novel psychrophilic clostridia from an Antarctic microbial mat: description of Clostridium frigoris sp. nov., Clostridium lacusfryxellense sp. nov., Clostridium bowmanii sp. nov. and Clostridium psychrophilum sp. nov. and reclassification of Clostridium laramiense as Clostridium estertheticum subsp. laramiense subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1019-1029.

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Record number: 774873