Name: Cetobacterium somerae Finegold et al. 2003
Etymology: so’mer.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. somerae, of Somer, to honour Hannele Jousimies-Somer, a Finnish microbiologist, in recognition of her important contributions to anaerobic bacteriology and to clinical microbiology
Type strain: ATCC BAA-474; CCUG 46254; DSM 23941; WAL 14325
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16S rRNA gene: AJ438155 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Finegold SM, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Tomzynski TJ, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Cetobacterium somerae sp. nov. from human feces and emended description of the genus Cetobacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:177-181.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 93. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1219-1220.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Cetobacterium Foster et al. 1996
Assigned by: Finegold SM, Vaisanen ML, Molitoris DR, Tomzynski TJ, Song Y, Liu C, Collins MD, Lawson PA. Cetobacterium somerae sp. nov. from human feces and emended description of the genus Cetobacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:177-181.
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Record number: 783621