Peptoclostridium

Peptoclostridium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Peptostreptococcales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Peptoclostridium
Galperin et al. 2016
Type species
Peptoclostridium litorale
(Fendrich et al. 1991) Galperin et al. 2016
Species

Peptoclostridium is a genus in family of Peptostreptococcaceae.

Before assigned to the genus as currently defined, the name was previously proposed in 2013 as a novel genus hosting C. difficile as Peptoclostridium difficile, before that species was validly moved to the related genus Clostridioides in 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ A.C. Parte; et al. "Peptoclostridium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. ↑ Sayers; et al. "Peptoclostridium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  3. ↑ A.C. Parte; et al. "Peptoclostridium difficile". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN); Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2023-09-09.