Name: Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Fardeau et al. 2001

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983

Etymology: ster.co.ra’ri.um. L. neut. adj. stercorarium, pertaining to dung, referring to the source of the isolate, a compost heap

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35414; DSM 6239; DSM 8532; NCIB 11754; NCIMB 11754

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Transfer of thermobacteroides leptospartum and Clostridium thermolacticum as Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. and C. stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1127-1131.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoclostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Zhang et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum (Toda et al. 1989) Fardeau et al. 2001 according to rule 40d. Publication: Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Transfer of thermobacteroides leptospartum and Clostridium thermolacticum as Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. and C. stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1127-1131.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Clostridium stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum (Le Ruyet et al. 1988) Fardeau et al. 2001 according to rule 40d. Publication: Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Transfer of thermobacteroides leptospartum and Clostridium thermolacticum as Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. and C. stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1127-1131.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Clostridium stercorarium within a separate genus Clostridium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium is a new subspecies not a new subspecies and a new combination as cited by Fardeau et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication makes no reference to the deposit of the type strain in any publicly accessible service collection, but deposits in at least two recognized culture collections in different countries are documented. According to the Judicial Opinion 81, Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium (Madden 1983) Fardeau et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. — 🧍 The original authorship, Madden 1983, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983

Assigned by: Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Transfer of thermobacteroides leptospartum and Clostridium thermolacticum as Clostridium stercorarium subsp. leptospartum subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. and C. stercorarium subsp. thermolacticum subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1127-1131.

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