Species ***Clostridium* *aestuarii***

Name: Clostridium aestuarii Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of the tidal flat

Pronunciation, gender: a͡es-tu-A-ri-i, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19521; HY-45-18; IMSNU 40129; JCM 13194; KCTC 5147

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ126679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim S, Jeong H, Chun J. Clostridium aestuarii sp. nov., from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1315-1317. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kim S, Jeong H, Chun J. Clostridium aestuarii sp. nov., from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1315-1317. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786379

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Species Clostridium aestuarii

Species ***Clostridium* *aestuarii***