Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3876

Name

Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

order

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
class	Clostridia Rainey 2010

Members

family	Betainaceae Jones et al. 2019
family	Bianqueaceae Liu et al. 2021
family	Caldicoprobacteraceae Yokoyama et al. 2010
family	Christensenellaceae Morotomi et al. 2012
family	Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021
family	Defluviitaleaceae Jabari et al. 2012
family	Desulfitobacteriaceae Stackebrandt 2020
family	Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020 non Desulfotomaculaceae Watanabe et al. 2020
family	Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
family	Feifaniaceae Liu et al. 2021
family	Gracilibacteraceae Lee et al. 2010
family	Heliobacteriaceae Asao and Madigan 2010
family	Hungateiclostridiaceae Zhang et al. 2018
family	Incertae sedis 108 Lakhal et al. 2013
family	Incertae sedis 124 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 153 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 158 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 180 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 205 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 42 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 44 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 45 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 57 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 58 None 2015
family	Incertae sedis 9 Garrity et al. 2007
family	Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
family	Mogibacteriaceae None 2015
family	Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family	Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lv et al. 2020
family	Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014
family	Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010
family	Proteinivoraceae Kevbrin et al. 2014
family	Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010
family	Symbiobacteriaceae Shiratori-Takano et al. 2014
family	Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993 emend. Zhang et al. 2019
family	Thermincolaceae Stackebrandt 2020
family	Vallitaleaceae Quéméneur et al. 2019
family	Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Campbell et al. 2015
family	Xylanivirgaceae Liu et al. 2020
family	Yeguiaceae Liu et al. 2021

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this order 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 Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

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 order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3876.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3876.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 22, 2022.

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