Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium chromiireducens

Name: Clostridium chromiireducens Inglett et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chro.mi.i.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. n. chromium, chromium (Cr); L. pres. part. reducens, drawing backwards, bringing back to a state or condition; from L. inf. v. reducere, to bring back, reduce; N.L. part. adj. chromiireducens, chromium reducing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 23318; GCAF-1; KCTC 5935

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16S rRNA gene: AY228334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Inglett KS, Bae HS, Aldrich HC, Hatfield K, Ogram AV. Clostridium chromiireducens sp. nov., isolated from Cr(VI)-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2626-2631.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Inglett KS, Bae HS, Aldrich HC, Hatfield K, Ogram AV. Clostridium chromiireducens sp. nov., isolated from Cr(VI)-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2626-2631.

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Record number: 789531
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