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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium massiliodielmoense"

Name: "Clostridium massiliodielmoense" Tidjani Alou et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.o.di.el.mo.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliodielmoense, a combination of massilio, of Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, where strain mt26 was isolated, and dielmoense, of Dielmo, the Senegalese village where the boy from whom the strain was cultivated lived [probably better: massiliodielmonense]

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P2255; mt26

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN998063 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tidjani Alou M, Sokhna C, Bittar F, Khelaifia S, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Clostridium massiliodielmoense', a new species isolated from the human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:27-28.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tidjani Alou M, Sokhna C, Bittar F, Khelaifia S, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Clostridium massiliodielmoense', a new species isolated from the human gut microbiota. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:27-28.

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Record number: 31699
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