Clostridioides | |
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SE micrograph of Clostridioides difficile colonies from a stool sample | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Peptostreptococcales |
Family: | Peptostreptococcaceae |
Genus: | Clostridioides Lawson and Rainey 2016[1] |
Type species | |
Clostridioides difficile (Hall & O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016
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Clostridioides is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes Clostridioides difficile, a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea.