Species ***Clostridium* *tepidiprofundi***

Name: Clostridium tepidiprofundi Slobodkina et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pi.di.pro.fun’di. L. masc. adj. tepidus, moderately warm; L. neut. adj. profundum, the depths of the ocean; N.L. gen. neut. n. tepidiprofundi, of the warm bottom of the ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … te-pi-di-pro-FUN-di, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19306; SG 508; VKM B-2459

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF197795 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Jeanthon C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Clostridium tepidiprofundi sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:852-855. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08255 (N = 24).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Jeanthon C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Clostridium tepidiprofundi sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:852-855. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 786317

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Species Clostridium tepidiprofundi

Species ***Clostridium* *tepidiprofundi***