''Peptoclostridium'' is a genus in family of
Peptostreptococcaceae
The Peptostreptococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria in the class Clostridia. A majority of members are identified as obligate anaerobes. The bacteria can be found in humans, vertebrates, manure, soil and hydrothermal ven ...
.
Before assigned to the genus as currently defined, the name was previously proposed in 2013 as a novel genus hosting ''
C. difficile
''Clostridioides difficile'' ( syn. ''Clostridium difficile'') is a bacterium known for causing serious diarrheal infections, and may also cause colon cancer. It is known also as ''C. difficile'', or ''C. diff'' (), and is a Gram-positive spec ...
'' as ''Peptoclostridium difficile'', before that species was validly moved to the related genus ''
Clostridioides
''Clostridioides'' is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes ''Clostridioides difficile'', a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Clostridioides'' was created to describe a few species formerly in the ge ...
'' in 2016.
See also
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List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16 ...
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List of bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, ...
References
Bacteria genera
Taxa described in 2016
Peptostreptococcaceae
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