Name: Hungatella hathewayi (Steer et al. 2002) Kaur et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium hathewayi Steer et al. 2002

Etymology: ha.the’way.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hathewayi, of Hatheway, to honour the late American microbiologist Charles L. Hatheway, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of the Clostridium botulinum group of organisms

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1313; CCUG 43506; DSM 13479; MTCC 10951

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ311620 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaur S, Yawar M, Kumar PA, Suresh K. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:710-718.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium hathewayi Steer et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hungatella Kaur et al. 2014. Publication: Kaur S, Yawar M, Kumar PA, Suresh K. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:710-718.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Hungatella Kaur et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kaur S, Yawar M, Kumar PA, Suresh K. Hungatella effluvii gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium isolated from an effluent treatment plant, and reclassification of Clostridium hathewayi as Hungatella hathewayi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:710-718.

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Record number: 791622