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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus sordellii"

Name: "Bacillus sordellii" Hall and Scott 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sor.del’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sordellii, of Sordelli, named after Professor A. Sordelli, an Argentinian bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sor-DEL-li-i, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 9714; BCRC 10649; CCRC 10649; CCUG 9284; CIP 103658; DSM 2141; JCM 3814; LMG 15708; NCIB 10717; NCIMB 10717

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16S rRNA gene: AB550230 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hall IC, Scott JP. Bacillus sordellii, a cause of malignant edema in man. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1927; 41:329-335.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Paeniclostridium sordellii (Hall and Scott 1927) Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hall IC, Scott JP. Bacillus sordellii, a cause of malignant edema in man. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1927; 41:329-335.

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Record number: 4170
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