Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium collagenovorans

Name: Clostridium collagenovorans Jain and Zeikus 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: col.la.ge.no.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. collagenum, collagen; from French masc. n. collagène; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. collagenovorans, collagen-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49001; DSM 3089; SG

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16S rRNA gene: X73439 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jain MK, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of two new protein specific, hydrolytic anaerobes: isolation and characterization of Clostridium proteolyticum sp. nov. and Clostridium collagenovorans sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:136141.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jain MK, Zeikus JG. Taxonomic distinction of two new protein specific, hydrolytic anaerobes: isolation and characterization of Clostridium proteolyticum sp. nov. and Clostridium collagenovorans sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:136141.

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Record number: 774863
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