Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium magnum

Name: Clostridium magnum Schink 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mag’num. L. neut. adj. magnum, big, referring to cell size

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49199; DSM 2767; Wo Bd P1

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16S rRNA gene: X77835 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B. Clostridium magnum sp. nov., a non-autotrophic homoacetogenic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 137:250-255.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schink B. Clostridium magnum sp. nov., a non-autotrophic homoacetogenic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 137:250-255.

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Record number: 774925
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