Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium thermopalmarium

Name: Clostridium thermopalmarium Soh et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.pal.ma.ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. palmarius, of or belonging to palms; N.L. neut. adj. thermopalmarium, referring to its thermophily and isolation from palm wine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51427; BVP; DSM 5974

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16S rRNA gene: X72869 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Soh AL, Ralambotiana H, Ollivier B, Prensier G, Tine E, Garcia JL. Clostridium thermopalmarium sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from palm wine in Senegal. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:135-139.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 37. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Soh AL, Ralambotiana H, Ollivier B, Prensier G, Tine E, Garcia JL. Clostridium thermopalmarium sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from palm wine in Senegal. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:135-139.

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Record number: 775011
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