Species Clostridium pacaense

Name: Clostridium pacaense Hosny et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ca.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. pacaense, ‘of PACA, ’ the abbreviation of Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur, the French area where the strain was isolated [probably better: pacense]

Pronunciation, gender: pa-ka-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 71489; CSUR P3100; Marseille P3100

16S rRNA gene: LT799004 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hosny M, Abdallah RA, Bou Khalil J, Fontanini A, Baptiste E, Armstrong N, La Scola B. Clostridium pacaense: a new species within the genus Clostridium. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 28:6-10.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hosny M, Abdallah RA, Bou Khalil J, Fontanini A, Baptiste E, Armstrong N, La Scola B. Clostridium pacaense: a new species within the genus Clostridium. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 28:6-10.

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Record number: 67939
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