Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium botulinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clostridiales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Group: Terrabacteria group Phylum: Firmicutes Classis: Clostridia Ordo: Clostridiales

Familia: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species: Clostridium botulinum
Subspecies: Clostridium botulinum A – Clostridium botulinum F

Name

Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem, 1896) Bergey et al., 1923

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bacillus botulinus van Ermengem, 1896
• Homotypic
  • Botulobacillus botulinus (van Ermengem, 1896) Orla-Jensen, 1909
  • Ermengemillus botulinus (van Ermengem, 1896) Heller, 1922
• Heterotypic
  • Pacinia putrifica Trevisan, 1889
  • Bacillus putrificus (Trevisan, 1889) Bienstock, 1906

References

Primary references

• Trevisan, V.B.A. 1889. I Generi e Le Specie delle Batteriacee 1–35. Milan: Zanaboni e Gabuzzi.
• Bienstock, B. 1906. Bacillus putrificus. Annales de l’lnstitut Pasteur 20: 407–415.
• Orla-Jensen, S. 1909. Die Hauptlinien des natürlichen Bakteriensystems. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten. 2. Abt. 22: 305–346. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Heller, H.H. 1922. Certain genera of the Clostridiaceae. Studies in pathogenic anaerobes. V. Journal of Bacteriology 7(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.1128/jb.7.1.1-36.1922 Reference page. 
• Bergey, D.H., Harrison, F.C., Breed, R.S., Hammer, B.W. & Huntoon, F.M. 1923. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore. Reference page. 

Links

• Clostridium botulinum – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

日本語: ボツリヌス菌
한국어: 클로스트리디움 보틀리늄
中文: 肉毒桿菌

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