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Clostridium Prazmowski, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555645

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Bacteria
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2012

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Bacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias
	Subkingdom	Posibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002
	Phylum	Firmicutes corrig. Gibbons and Murray, 1978
	Class	Clostridia Rainey, 2010
	Order	Clostridiales Prévot, 1953
	Family	Clostridiaceae Pribram, 1933
	Genus	Clostridium Prazmowski, 1880
		Direct Children:
	Species	Clostridium aceticum (ex Wieringa, 1940) Gottschalk and Braun, 1981
	Species	Clostridium acetireducens Örlygsson et al., 1996
	Species	Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al., 1926 emend. Keis et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium acidisoli Kuhner et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium aciditolerans Lee et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium acidurici (Liebert, 1909) Barker, 1938
	Species	Clostridium aerotolerans van Gylswyk and van der Toorn, 1987 emend. Chamkha et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium aestuarii Kim et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium akagii Kuhner et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium aldenense Warren et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium aldrichii Yang et al., 1990
	Species	Clostridium algidicarnis Lawson et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium algidixylanolyticum Broda et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium algoriphilum Shcherbakova et al., 2010
	Species	Clostridium alkalicellulosi Zhilina et al., 2006
	Species	Clostridium aminophilum Paster et al., 1993
	Species	Clostridium aminovalericum Hardman and Stadtman, 1960
	Species	Clostridium amygdalinum Parshina et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium amylolyticum Song and Dong, 2008
	Species	Clostridium arbusti Jung et al., 2010
	Species	Clostridium arcticum (ex Jordan and McNicol, 1979) Cato et al., 1988
	Species	Clostridium argentinense Suen et al., 1988
	Species	Clostridium asparagiforme Mohan et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium aurantibutyricum Hellinger, 1944
	Species	Clostridium baratii (Prevot, 1938) Holdeman and Moore, 1970
	Species	Clostridium bartlettii Song et al., 2004
	Species	Clostridium beijerinckii Donker, 1926 emend. Keis et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium bifermentans (Weinberg and Seguin, 1918) Bergey et al., 1923 emend. Chamkha et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium bolteae Song et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem, 1896) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium bowmanii Spring et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium butyricum Prazmowski, 1880
	Species	Clostridium cadaveris (Klein, 1899) McClung and McCoy, 1957
	Species	Clostridium caenicola Shiratori et al., 2009
	Species	Clostridium caminithermale Brisbarre et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium carboxidivorans Liou et al., 2005
	Species	Clostridium carnis (Klein, 1904) Spray, 1939
	Species	Clostridium cavendishii Bowman et al., 2010
	Species	Clostridium celatum Hauschild and Holdeman, 1974
	Species	Clostridium celerecrescens Palop et al., 1989 emend. Chamkha et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium cellobioparum Hungate, 1944
	Species	Clostridium cellulofermentans He et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium cellulolyticum Petitdemange et al., 1984
	Species	Clostridium cellulosi He et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium cellulovorans Sleat et al., 1985
	Species	Clostridium chartatabidum Kelly et al., 1996
	Species	Clostridium chauvoei (Arloing et al., 1887) Scott, 1928
	Species	Clostridium chromiireducens Inglett et al., 2011
	Species	Clostridium citroniae Warren et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium clariflavum Shiratori et al., 2009
	Species	Clostridium clostridioforme (Burri and Ankersmit, 1906) Kaneuchi et al., 1976
	Species	Clostridium cochlearium (Douglas et al., 1919) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium cocleatum Kaneuchi et al., 1979
	Species	Clostridium colicanis Greetham et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium colinum (ex Berkhoff et al., 1974) Berkhoff, 1985
	Species	Clostridium collagenovorans Jain and Zeikus, 1988
	Species	Clostridium cylindrosporum (ex Barker and Beck, 1942) Andreesen et al., 1985
	Species	Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole, 1935) Prevot, 1938
	Species	Clostridium diolis Biebl and Spröer, 2003
	Species	Clostridium disporicum Horn, 1987
	Species	Clostridium drakei Liou et al., 2005
	Species	Clostridium estertheticum Collins et al., 1993 emend. Spring et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium fallax (Weinberg and Seguin, 1915) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium felsineum (Carbone and Tombolato, 1917) Bergey et al., 1939
	Species	Clostridium fimetarium Kotsyurbenko et al., 1997
	Species	Clostridium formicaceticum Andreesen et al., 1970
	Species	Clostridium frigidicarnis Broda et al., 1999
	Species	Clostridium frigoris Spring et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium ganghwense Kim et al., 2006
	Species	Clostridium gasigenes Broda et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium ghonii Prévot, 1938
	Species	Clostridium glycolicum Gaston and Stadtman, 1963 emend. Chamkha et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium glycyrrhizinilyticum Sakuma et al., 2006
	Species	Clostridium grantii Mountfort et al., 1996
	Species	Clostridium haemolyticum (Hall, 1929) Scott et al., 1935
	Species	Clostridium halophilum Fendrich et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium hathewayi Steer et al., 2002
	Species	Clostridium herbivorans Varel et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium hiranonis Kitahara et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium histolyticum (Weinberg and Seguin, 1916) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium homopropionicum Dörner and Schink, 1991
	Species	Clostridium hungatei Monserrate et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium hydrogeniformans Bowman et al., 2010
	Species	Clostridium hylemonae Kitahara et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium indolis McClung and McCoy, 1957
	Species	Clostridium innocuum Smith and King, 1962
	Species	Clostridium intestinale Lee et al., 1989
	Species	Clostridium irregulare (Choukevitch, 1911) Prevot, 1938
	Species	Clostridium isatidis Padden et al., 1999
	Species	Clostridium jejuense Jeong et al., 2004
	Species	Clostridium josui Sukhumavasi et al., 1988
	Species	Clostridium kluyveri Barker and Taha, 1942
	Species	Clostridium lactatifermentans van der Wielen et al., 2002
	Species	Clostridium lacusfryxellense Spring et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium lavalense Domingo et al., 2009
	Species	Clostridium leptum Moore et al., 1976
	Species	Clostridium limosum Andre, 1948
	Species	Clostridium litorale Fendrich et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium lituseburense (Laplanche and Saissac, 1948) McClung and McCoy, 1957
	Species	Clostridium ljungdahlii Tanner et al., 1993
	Species	Clostridium lundense Cirne et al., 2006
	Species	Clostridium magnum Schink, 1984
	Species	Clostridium malenominatum (Weinberg et al., 1937) Spray, 1948
	Species	Clostridium mangenotii (Prévot and Zimmès-Chaverou, 1947) McClung and McCoy, 1957
	Species	Clostridium mayombei Kane et al., 1992
	Species	Clostridium methoxybenzovorans Mechichi et al., 1999
	Species	Clostridium methylpentosum Himelbloom and Canale-Parola, 1989
	Species	Clostridium neopropionicum Tholozan et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium nexile Holdeman and Moore, 1974
	Species	Clostridium nitrophenolicum Suresh et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium novyi (Migula, 1894) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium oceanicum Smith, 1970
	Species	Clostridium oroticum (Wachsman and Barker, 1954) Cato et al., 1968
	Species	Clostridium papyrosolvens Madden et al., 1982
	Species	Clostridium paradoxum Li et al., 1993
	Species	Clostridium paraputrificum (Bienstock, 1906) Snyder, 1936
	Species	Clostridium pascui Wilde et al., 1997
	Species	Clostridium pasteurianum Winogradsky, 1895
	Species	Clostridium peptidivorans Mechichi et al., 2000
	Species	Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber, 1898) Hauduroy et al., 1937
	Species	Clostridium phytofermentans Warnick et al., 2002
	Species	Clostridium piliforme (ex Tyzzer, 1917) Duncan et al., 1993
	Species	Clostridium polysaccharolyticum (van Gylswyk, 1981) van Gylswyk et al., 1983
	Species	Clostridium populeti Sleat and Mah, 1985
	Species	Clostridium propionicum Cardon and Barker, 1946
	Species	Clostridium proteolyticum Jain and Zeikus, 1988
	Species	Clostridium psychrophilum Spring et al., 2003
	Species	Clostridium puniceum Lund et al., 1981
	Species	Clostridium purinilyticum Dürre et al., 1981
	Species	Clostridium putrefaciens (McBryde, 1911) Sturges and Drake, 1927
	Species	Clostridium quinii Svensson et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber, 1898) Holdeman et al., 1971
	Species	Clostridium rectum (Heller, 1922) Holdeman and Moore, 1972
	Species	Clostridium roseum (ex McCoy and McClung, 1935) Cato et al., 1988
	Species	Clostridium saccharobutylicum Keis et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium saccharogumia Clavel et al., 2007
	Species	Clostridium saccharolyticum Murray et al., 1982
	Species	Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Keis et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium sardiniense Prevot, 1938 emend. Wang et al., 2005
	Species	Clostridium sartagoforme Partansky and Henry, 1935
	Species	Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg, 1927) Prevot, 1948
	Species	Clostridium schirmacherense Alam et al., 2006
	Species	Clostridium scindens Morris et al., 1985
	Species	Clostridium septicum (Mace, 1889) Ford, 1927
	Species	Clostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott, 1927) Prévot, 1938
	Species	Clostridium sphenoides (Douglas et al., 1919) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium spiroforme Kaneuchi et al., 1979
	Species	Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff, 1908) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium sporosphaeroides Soriano and Soriano, 1948
	Species	Clostridium stercorarium Madden, 1983 emend. Fardeau et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium sticklandii Stadtman and McClung, 1957
	Species	Clostridium straminisolvens Kato et al., 2004
	Species	Clostridium subterminale (Hall and Whitehead, 1927) Spray, 1948
	Species	Clostridium sufflavum Nishiyama et al., 2009
	Species	Clostridium sulfidigenes Sallam and Steinbüchel, 2009
	Species	Clostridium symbiosum (Stevens, 1956) Kaneuchi et al., 1976
	Species	Clostridium tagluense Suetin et al., 2009
	Species	Clostridium tepidiprofundi Slobodkina et al., 2008
	Species	Clostridium termitidis Hethener et al., 1992
	Species	Clostridium tertium (Henry, 1917) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium tetani (Flügge, 1886) Bergey et al., 1923
	Species	Clostridium tetanomorphum (ex Bulloch et al., 1919) Wilde et al., 1989
	Species	Clostridium thermoalcaliphilum Li et al., 1994
	Species	Clostridium thermobutyricum Wiegel et al., 1989
	Species	Clostridium thermocellum Viljoen et al., 1926
	Species	Clostridium thermopalmarium Soh et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium thermopapyrolyticum Méndez et al., 1991
	Species	Clostridium thermosuccinogenes Drent et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium thiosulfatireducens Hernandez-Eugenio et al., 2002
	Species	Clostridium tyrobutyricum van Beynum and Pette, 1935
	Species	Clostridium uliginosum Matthies et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium ultunense Schnürer et al., 1996
	Species	Clostridium vincentii Mountfort et al., 1997
	Species	Clostridium viride Buckel et al., 1995
	Species	Clostridium xylanolyticum Rogers and Baecker, 1991 emend. Chamkha et al., 2001
	Species	Clostridium xylanovorans Mechichi et al., 2000

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Bacterial Nomenclature up-to-date, website (version Jun 2012)
	Acquired:	2012
	Notes:	Bacterial Nomenclature up-to-date published by the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures at http://www.dsmz.de/bacterial-diversity/bacterial-nomenclature-up-to-date.html
	Reference for:	Clostridium

	Source:	DSMZ, Bacterial Nomenclature Up-to-date, website (version 15-Apr-01)
	Acquired:	2002
	Notes:	Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ): (http://www.dsmz.de/bactnom/bactname.htm)
	Reference for:	Clostridium

	Source:	List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature, website (version 31-Oct-02)
	Acquired:	2002
	Notes:	EUZÉBY (J.P.): List of bacterial names with standing in nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet (URL: http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 590-592 [See also http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classification.html]
	Reference for:	Clostridium

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Sneath, Peter H.A., Nicholas S. Mair, M. Elisabeth Sharpe, and John G. Holt (eds.)
	Publication Date:	1986
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. vol. 2
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	Williams and Wilkins
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-683-07893-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Clostridium

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Comments


	Comment:	genus (AL)
		International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), 1980 30:277: Approved List

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