Species Clostridium oroticum

Name: Clostridium oroticum (Wachsman and Barker 1954) Cato et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Zymobacterium oroticum" Wachsman and Barker 1954

Etymology: o.ro’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. acidum oroticum, orotic acid; N.L. neut. adj. oroticum, pertaining to orotic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13619; DSM 1287; JCM 1429; LMG 3286; NCCB 73016; NCIB 10650; NCIMB 10650

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16S rRNA gene: M59109 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cato E, Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. Clostridium oroticum comb. nov. amended description. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1968; 18:9-13.

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: synonym

Correct name: Faecalicatena orotica (Wachsman and Barker 1954) Sakamoto et al. 2017

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Faecalicatena orotica (Wachsman and Barker 1954) Sakamoto et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Zymobacterium oroticum" Wachsman and Barker 1954	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- Clostridium oroticum is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Clostridium.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cato E, Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. Clostridium oroticum comb. nov. amended description. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1968; 18:9-13.

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Record number: 774940

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