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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium caccae

Name: Clostridium caccae corrig. Tall et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cac’cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. caccae, of feces

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KAK-ka͡e, neuter

Type strain: CECT 9785; CSUR P4344; Marseille P4344

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16S rRNA gene: LT984638 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tall ML, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Ndongo S, Pham TPT, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F, Levasseur A. Description of Clostridium cagae sp. nov., Clostridium rectalis sp. nov. and Hathewaya massiliensis sp. nov., new anaerobic bacteria isolated from human stool samples. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 37:100719. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tall ML, Lo CI, Yimagou EK, Ndongo S, Pham TPT, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F, Levasseur A. Description of Clostridium cagae sp. nov., Clostridium rectalis sp. nov. and Hathewaya massiliensis sp. nov., new anaerobic bacteria isolated from human stool samples. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 37:100719. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 70386
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