Clostridioides

Clostridioides
SE micrograph of Clostridioides difficile colonies from a stool sample
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species
Synonyms
  • "Peptoclostridium" Yutin & Galperin 2013 non Galperin et al. 2016 non Donker 1926

Clostridioides is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes Clostridioides difficile, a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea.

  1. ^ A.C. Parte; et al. "Clostridioides". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.

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