Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.28959

Name

Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016

Type Strain

representative organism

McClung 1780^T (=CGMCC 1.2184 =NCIB 10666 =JCM 1296 =AS 1.2184 =DSM 1296 =NCTC 11209 =ATCC 9689 =LMG 15861 =CECT 531 =LMG 21717 =BCRC 10642 =USDA 90556-M6S =CCUG 4938 =CIP 104282 =NCIMB 10666)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010
genus Clostridioides Lawson et al. 2016
species Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O'Toole 1935) Lawson et al. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.28959.

Source File

10.1601/tx.28959.xml

References

Lawson PA, Citron DM, Tyrrell KL, Finegold SM. Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile (Hall and O’Toole 1935) Prévot 1938). Anaerobe 2016; 40:95-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.06.008 [PubMed].