Name: Cloacibacillus porcorum Looft et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.co’rum. L. masc. n. porcus, swine, pig; L. gen. masc. pl. n. porcorum, of/from pigs

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … por-KO-rum, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62631; CL-84; DSM 25858

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16S rRNA gene: JQ809697 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Looft T, Levine UY, Stanton TB. Cloacibacillus porcorum sp. nov., a mucin-degrading bacterium from the swine intestinal tract and emended description of the genus Cloacibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1960-1966. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cloacibacillus Ganesan et al. 2008

Assigned by: Looft T, Levine UY, Stanton TB. Cloacibacillus porcorum sp. nov., a mucin-degrading bacterium from the swine intestinal tract and emended description of the genus Cloacibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1960-1966. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 790853