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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium chitinophilum"

Name: "Clostridium chitinophilum" Billy 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ti.no’phi.lum. N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; N.L. neut. adj. chitinophilum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um khi-ti-NO-phi-lum, neuter

Original publication: Billy C. [Preliminary study of an aerobic chitinolytic bacterium, Clostridium chitinophilum n. sp]. C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D 1968; 266:1535-1536.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Billy C. [Preliminary study of an aerobic chitinolytic bacterium, Clostridium chitinophilum n. sp]. C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D 1968; 266:1535-1536.

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Record number: 31726

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