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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium geopurificans"

Name: "Clostridium geopurificans" Kwon et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.o.pu.ri’fi.cans. Gr. pref. geo, earth or ground; L. pres. part. purificans, cleansing or purifying; N.L. neut. part. adj. geopurificans, cleansing or purifying the earth or ground

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ge-o-pu-RI-fi-kans, neuter

Nomenclatural type: MJ1

16S rRNA gene: FJ008042 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kwon MJ, Wei N, Millerick K, Popovic J, Finneran K. Clostridium geopurificans strain MJ1 sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that grows via fermentation and reduces the cyclic nitramine explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:743-750. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kwon MJ, Wei N, Millerick K, Popovic J, Finneran K. Clostridium geopurificans strain MJ1 sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that grows via fermentation and reduces the cyclic nitramine explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:743-750. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 1674
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