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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Clostridium thermosucci"

Name: "Clostridium thermosucci" Drent et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. pres. part. thermosuccinogenes, succinic acid producing in heat; N.L. thermosucci

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: IC. (iv) Habitats

Original publication: Drent WJ, Lahpor GA, Wiegant WM, Gottschal JC. Fermentation of Inulin by Clostridium thermosuccinogenes sp. nov., a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from Various Habitats. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:455-462.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Drent WJ, Lahpor GA, Wiegant WM, Gottschal JC. Fermentation of Inulin by Clostridium thermosuccinogenes sp. nov., a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from Various Habitats. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:455-462.

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Record number: 69934

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