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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium massilidielmoense"

Name: "Clostridium massilidielmoense" Alou et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.di.el.mo.en’se. L. gen. fem. n. massiliae, from Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, where strain MT26 was isolated; N.L. neut. adj. dielmoense, from Dielmo, the Senegalese village where the boy from whom the strain was cultivated lived [probably better: dielmonense]; L. neut. adj. massilidielmoense, a combination of massili and dielmoense

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P2255; mt26

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN998063 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Alou MT, Ndongo S, Fregere L, Labas N, Andrieu C, Richez M, Couderc C, Baudoin JP, Abrahao J, Brah S, et al. Taxonogenomic description of four new Clostridium species isolated from human gut: 'Clostridium amazonitimonense', 'Clostridium merdae', 'Clostridium massilidielmoense' and 'Clostridium nigeriense'. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 21:128-139.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Clostridium massiliodielmoense" Tidjani Alou et al. 2016

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Alou MT, Ndongo S, Fregere L, Labas N, Andrieu C, Richez M, Couderc C, Baudoin JP, Abrahao J, Brah S, et al. Taxonogenomic description of four new Clostridium species isolated from human gut: 'Clostridium amazonitimonense', 'Clostridium merdae', 'Clostridium massilidielmoense' and 'Clostridium nigeriense'. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 21:128-139.

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Record number: 68176
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