Species Clostridium massiliamazoniense

Name: Clostridium massiliamazoniense Dione et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.a.ma.zo.ni.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. massiliamazoniense, a combination of Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille where strain ND2T was first isolated and characterized, and Amazonia the origin of the patient from whom C. massiliamazoniense was first collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mas-si-li-a-ma-zo-ni-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 30352; CSUR P1360; DSM 27309; ND2

16S rRNA gene: HG315672 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dione N, Lo CI, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Fournier PE. Clostridium massiliamazoniense sp. nov., New Bacterial Species Isolated from Stool Sample of a Volunteer Brazilian. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:2008-2015. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dione N, Lo CI, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Fournier PE. Clostridium massiliamazoniense sp. nov., New Bacterial Species Isolated from Stool Sample of a Volunteer Brazilian. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:2008-2015. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 70315
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