Name DOI
10.1601/nm.3924
Name
 (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =)
Proper Form
Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Clostridium difficile was originally described by Prévot 1938. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2013, Yutin and Galperin established as the basonym of (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Yutin and Galperin 2013 . In 2016, Lawson et al. established as the basonym of (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016 .
Citation
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Name Abstract for Clostridium difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.3924.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on August 2, 2016.

References

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  2. Yutin N, Galperin MY. A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: Gram-negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2631-2641. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12173 [PubMed].
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  4. Hall IC, O'Toole E. Intestinal flora in newborn infants with a description of a new pathogenic anaerobe, Bacillus difficilis. Am J Dis Child 1935; 49:390-402.
  5. Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. IV. Critique de la conception actuelle du genre Clostridium. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 61:72-91.