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Species Clostridium fermenticellae

Name: Clostridium fermenticellae Xu et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men.ti.cel’lae. L. neut. n. fermentum, a fermentation process; L. fem. n. cella, cellar; N.L. gen. fem. n. fermenticellae, of a fermentation cellar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um fer-men-ti-KEL-la͡e, neuter

Type strain: CICC 24501; JCM 32827; JN500901

16S rRNA gene: MG753792 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Xu PX, Chai LJ, Qiu T, Zhang XJ, Lu ZM, Xiao C, Wang ST, Shen CH, Shi JS, Xu ZH. Clostridium fermenticellae sp. nov., isolated from the mud in a fermentation cellar for the production of the Chinese liquor, baijiu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:859-865. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Xu PX, Chai LJ, Qiu T, Zhang XJ, Lu ZM, Xiao C, Wang ST, Shen CH, Shi JS, Xu ZH. Clostridium fermenticellae sp. nov., isolated from the mud in a fermentation cellar for the production of the Chinese liquor, baijiu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:859-865. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 800160