Species Clostridium folliculivorans

Name: Clostridium folliculivorans Tazawa et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fol.li.cu.li’vo.rans. L. masc. n. folliculus, husk, bran; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. neut. part. adj. folliculivorans, bran-eating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um fol-li-ku-LI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: D1-1; DSM 113523; MAFF 212477

16S rRNA gene: LC655141 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Tazawa J, Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Uchino A, Tanaka F, Urashima Y, Miura S, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Tohno M. Clostridium folliculivorans sp. nov., isolated from soil samples of an organic paddy in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5876. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tazawa J, Kobayashi H, Tanizawa Y, Uchino A, Tanaka F, Urashima Y, Miura S, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Tohno M. Clostridium folliculivorans sp. nov., isolated from soil samples of an organic paddy in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5876. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 37699

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