Biology:Clostridium haemolyticum

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Clostridium haemolyticum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Lachnospiraceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. haemolyticum
Binomial name
Clostridium haemolyticum
Clostridium hemolyticum (Hall 1929) Scott et al. 1935 [1]
Synonyms
  • Clostridium hemolyticum

Clostridium haemolyticum is a species of bacteria in the family of Clostridiaceae.

Based on 16S-rDNA sequence analysis, C. haemolyticum is closely related to C. novyi and C. botulinum.[2] While C. haemolyticum has been suggested to be identical to C. novyi before,[3] it is considered a valid species as of 2022.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Page Species: Clostridium haemolyticum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/clostridium-haemolyticum. 
  2. "Phylogenetic positions of Clostridium novyi and Clostridium haemolyticum based on 16S rDNA sequences". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51 (Pt 3): 901–4. May 2001. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-3-901. PMID 11411712. 
  3. "The toxins of Clostridium oedematiens (Cl. novyi)". Journal of General Microbiology 1 (1): 91-107. Jan 1947. doi:10.1099/00221287-1-1-91. PMID 20238541. 

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