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Name: Clostridium oceanicum Smith 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: o.ce.a’ni.cum. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, the ocean; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used withe sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. oceanicum, belonging to the sea
Type strain: ATCC 25647; DSM 1290; JCM 1407; LMG 3287
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene: M59101 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Smith LD. Clostridium oceanicum, sp. n., a sporeforming anaerobe isolated from marine sediments. J Bacteriol 1970; 103:811-813.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Smith LD. Clostridium oceanicum, sp. n., a sporeforming anaerobe isolated from marine sediments. J Bacteriol 1970; 103:811-813.
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Record number: 774937