Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium colicanis

Name: Clostridium colicanis Greetham et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.li.can’is. L. neut. n. colum, colon, gut (alternative form of colon); L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of the dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. colicanis, of the gut of a dog

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3WC2; CCUG 44556; DSM 13634

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16S rRNA gene: AJ420008 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Clostridium colicanis sp. nov., from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:259-262.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Greetham HL, Gibson GR, Giffard C, Hippe H, Merkhoffer B, Steiner U, Falsen E, Collins MD. Clostridium colicanis sp. nov., from canine faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:259-262.

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Record number: 774861
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