Peptoclostridium

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Peptoclostridium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Peptostreptococcales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Peptoclostridium
Galperin et al. 2016[1]
Type species
Peptoclostridium litorale
(Fendrich et al. 1991) Galperin et al. 2016
Species

Peptoclostridium is a genus in family of Peptostreptococcaceae.[2]

Before assigned to the genus as currently defined, the name was previously proposed in 2013 as a novel genus hosting C. difficile as Peptoclostridium difficile, before that species was validly moved to the related genus Clostridioides in 2016.[3]

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