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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium minihomine"

Name: "Clostridium minihomine" Bilen et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mini.ho.min’e. L. adj. neut. minihomine, minihomine, to refer to the Pygmy people from whom the strain was isolated and who are characterized by their small size

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: CSUR P4642; Marseille P4642

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT960605 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bilen M, Founkou MDM, Cadoret F, Dubourg G, Daoud Z, Raoult D. Sanguibacter massiliensis sp. nov., Actinomyces minihominis sp. nov., Clostridium minihomine sp. nov., Neobittarella massiliensis gen. nov. and Miniphocibacter massiliensis gen. nov., new bacterial species isolated by culturomics from human stool samples. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 24:21-25. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bilen M, Founkou MDM, Cadoret F, Dubourg G, Daoud Z, Raoult D. Sanguibacter massiliensis sp. nov., Actinomyces minihominis sp. nov., Clostridium minihomine sp. nov., Neobittarella massiliensis gen. nov. and Miniphocibacter massiliensis gen. nov., new bacterial species isolated by culturomics from human stool samples. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 24:21-25. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 2044
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