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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium neonatale

Name: Clostridium neonatale Bernard et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.o.na.ta’le. N.L. neut. adj. neonatale, pertaining to newborns

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-265; CCUG 46077; LCDC 99A005; LCDC no.99-A-005

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF275949 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bernard K, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Alfa M, Bernier AM. Clostridium neonatale sp. nov. linked to necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates and a clarification of species assignable to the genus Clostridium (Prazmowski 1880) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2416-2423.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bernard K, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Alfa M, Bernier AM. Clostridium neonatale sp. nov. linked to necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates and a clarification of species assignable to the genus Clostridium (Prazmowski 1880) emend. Lawson and Rainey 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2416-2423.

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Record number: 797718
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