Clostridia class. nov.
Fred A. Rainey
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Fred A. Rainey
Abstract
Abstract Clos.tri'di.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Clostridiales type order of the class; dropping the ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Clostridia the class of the Clostridiales . Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the class Clostridia is: correct name (last update, February 2025) * . LPSN classification: Bacteria / Bacillati / Bacillota / Clostridia The class Clostridia can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as c__Clostridia (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d__Bacteria / p__Bacillota_A / c__Clostridia * Meier‐Kolthoff et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D801 – D807 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 ** Parks et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D785 – D794 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab776
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Abstract Clos.tri'di.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Clostridiales type order of the class; dropping the ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Clostridia the class of the Clostridiales . Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the class Clostridia is: correct name (last update, February 2025) * . LPSN classification: Bacteria / Bacillati / Bacillota / Clostridia The class Clostridia can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as c__Clostridia (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d__Bacteria / p__Bacillota_A / c__Clostridia * Meier‐Kolthoff et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D801 – D807 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 ** Parks et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D785 – D794 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab776
Key concepts: Clostridia, Clostridiales, Clostridiaceae, Firmicutes, Class (philosophy), Clostridium, Biology, Genetics