Clostridia Rainey 2010
General information
Name
Clostridia
Valid publication
2010
Effective publication
2009
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia
Nomenclature type
Clostridiales
Etymology
N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Clostridiales</i>, type order of the class; dropping the ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. <i>Clostridia</i>, the class of the <i>Clostridiales</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The class is phenotypically, chemotaxonomically, physiologically, and ecologically diverse. Contains both Gram-stain-positive and Gram-stain-negative organisms. The class forms a phylogenetically coherent cluster based on the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. The class contains the orders Clostridiales, Halanaerobiales, and Thermoanaerobacterales.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG095306 | 'Candidatus Cibiobacter qucibialis' | Species | |
MSG095300 | 'Candidatus Faecousia bacterium' | Species | |
MSG095304 | 'Candidatus Fimenecus bacterium' | Species | |
MSG095293 | 'Candidatus Scatomorpha bacterium' | Species | |
MSG072588 | 'Clostridia bacterium' | Species | |
MSG100607 | 'Eubacteriales bacterium' | Species | |
MSG086756 | 'Firmicutes_A bacterium' | Species | |
M021702000001 | Caecibacterium | Genus | 2041032 |
M02170201 | Clostridiales | Order | 186802 |
M02170202 | Halanaerobiales | Order | 53433 |
M02170203 | Natranaerobiales | Order | 485256 |
M02170204 | Thermoanaerobacterales | Order | 68295 |
References
1
Rainey, F.A. Class II. Clostridia class nov. In: P. De Vos, G.M. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.H. Schleifer, and W.B. Whitman (eds): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York. (2009) p. 736.
2
Validation List No. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:469-472.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.022855-0]