Clostridium

Taxonomy ID: 1485 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1485)

current name

Clostridium  Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016

NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Anaerobacter  Duda et al. 1996 in [Validation List No. 57 (1996)]

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Clostridia; Eubacteriales; Clostridiaceae

Comments and References:

Validation List No. 57 (1996) , Pubmed: abstract VALIDATION LIST No. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46(2):625-626.

Duda VI et al. (1987) Duda, V.I., Lebedinsky, A.V., Mushegjan, M.S., and Mitjushina, L.L. "A new anaerobic bacterium forming up to five endospores per cell - Anaerobacter polyendosporus gen. et spec. nov." Arch. Microbiol. (1987) 148(2):121-127.

Clostridium (LPSN link)

Anaerobacter (LPSN link)

Lawson PA & Rainey FA (2016) Lawson, P.A., and Rainey, F.A. "Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium (Prazmowski) to Clostridium butyricum and related species." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:1009-1016.

Prazmowski A (1880) Prazmowski, A. "Untersuchung uber die Entwickelungsgeschichte und Fermentwirking einiger Bacterien-Arten." Inaugural Dissertation. Hugo Voigt, Leipzig (1880). pp.1-58. [No PubMed record available.]

Tindall BJ (2016) Tindall, B.J. "Priority of the genus name Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) vs Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980) and the creation of the illegitimate combinations Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016 and Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842) Lawson and Rainey 2016 that may not be used." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:4890-4894.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

Yu HY et al. (2019) Yu, H.Y., Meade, A., and Liu, S.J. "Phylogeny of Clostridium spp. based on conservative genes and comparisons with other trees." Mikrobiologiya (2019) 88:469-478.