Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium algifaecis

Name: Clostridium algifaecis Wu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi.fae’cis. L. fem. n. alga, an alga; L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), dregs; N.L. gen. fem. n. algifaecis, of algal dregs

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5188; DSM 28783; MB9-7

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16S rRNA gene: KJ001788 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YF, Zheng H, Wu QL, Yang H, Liu SJ. Clostridium algifaecis sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterial species from decomposing algal scum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3844-3848.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wu YF, Zheng H, Wu QL, Yang H, Liu SJ. Clostridium algifaecis sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterial species from decomposing algal scum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3844-3848.

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Record number: 792334
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