Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium quinii

Name: Clostridium quinii Svensson et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: quin’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. quinii, of Quin, named after J.I. Quin, a South African microbiologist who first described a large ovoid bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BS1; DSM 6736

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X76745 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Svensson BH, Dubourguier HX, Premier G, Zehnder AJB. Clostridium quinii sp. nov., a new saccharolytic anaerobic bacterium isolated from granular sludge. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:97-103.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Svensson BH, Dubourguier HX, Premier G, Zehnder AJB. Clostridium quinii sp. nov., a new saccharolytic anaerobic bacterium isolated from granular sludge. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:97-103.

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Record number: 774965
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