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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium sediminicola

Name: Clostridium sediminicola Hirano et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.di.mi.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. sedimen, sediment; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. sediminicola, sediment-dweller, referring to the source of the type strain (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-di-mi-NI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: DSM 115762; NBRC 116030; SH18-2

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16S rRNA gene: LC795721 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirano S, Terahara T, Kato R, Mori K, Hamada M, Miura T, Matsumoto R, Hayashi M, Kobayashi T. Clostridium sediminicola sp. nov., a crude oil aggregation-forming anaerobic bacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6641. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

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: Hirano S, Terahara T, Kato R, Mori K, Hamada M, Miura T, Matsumoto R, Hayashi M, Kobayashi T. Clostridium sediminicola sp. nov., a crude oil aggregation-forming anaerobic bacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6641. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 56616
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