Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3883

Name

Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al. 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016

Type Strain

representative organism

L.S. McClung 2291^T (=McCoy and McClung strain W =KCTC 1790 =NCCB 29024 =NRRL B-527 =VKM B-1787 =JCM 1419 =LMG 5710 =IFO 13948 =NCIB 8052 =NCIMB 8052 =NCCB 84048 =CCRC 10639 =CCUG 42182 =ATCC 824 =IAM 19013 =DSM 792)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021
genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016
species Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al. 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.17067
10.1601/ex.21131	EA 2018

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Clostridium acetobutylicum McCoy et al. 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Keis et al. 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3883.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3883.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 11, 2011.

References

McCoy E, Fred EB, Peterson WH, Hastings EG. A cultural study of the acetone butyl alcohol organisms. J Infect Dis 1926; 39:457-483.