Name: Cloacibacterium normanense Allen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nor.ma.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. normanense, pertaining to the city of Norman, OK, USA, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: nor-ma-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-825; CCUG 46293; CIP 108613; DSM 15886; NRS 1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575430 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Allen TD, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Tanner RS. Cloacibacterium normanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from municipal wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1311-1316.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cloacibacterium Allen et al. 2006. Publication: Allen TD, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Tanner RS. Cloacibacterium normanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from municipal wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1311-1316.
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cloacibacterium Allen et al. 2006

Assigned by: Allen TD, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Tanner RS. Cloacibacterium normanense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from municipal wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1311-1316.

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