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Species Clostridium schirmacherense

Name: Clostridium schirmacherense Alam et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: schir.ma.che.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. schirmacherense, pertaining to Schirmacher Oasis in Antarctica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: klos-TRI-di-um s͡hir-ma-khe-REN-se, neuter

Type strain: AP15; DSM 17394; JCM 13289

16S rRNA gene: AM114453 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Alam SI, Dixit A, Reddy GS, Dube S, Palit M, Shivaji S, Singh L. Clostridium schirmacherense sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, proteolytic, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from lake sediment of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:715-720. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Alam SI, Dixit A, Reddy GS, Dube S, Palit M, Shivaji S, Singh L. Clostridium schirmacherense sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, proteolytic, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from lake sediment of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:715-720. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 774979