Species Clostridium muellerianum

Name: Clostridium muellerianum Doyle et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: muel.le.ri.a’num. N.L. neut. adj. muellerianum, named in honour of the German microbiologist Volker Müller, for his significant contributions in the biochemistry and physiology of acetogens, particularly his discovery of the Rnf-complex used for energy conservation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um mu͡el-le-ri-A-num, neuter

Type strain: DSM 111390; NCIMB 15261; P21

16S rRNA gene: MT176110 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Doyle DA, Smith PR, Lawson PA, Tanner RS. Clostridium muellerianum sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing acetogen isolated from old hay. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5297. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Doyle DA, Smith PR, Lawson PA, Tanner RS. Clostridium muellerianum sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing acetogen isolated from old hay. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5297. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 28055

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