Clostridioides
Translingual
Clostridioides difficile, formerly called Clostridium difficile
Etymology
From Clostridium + -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Clostridioides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Peptostreptococcaceae – certain bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Firmicutes - phylum; Clostridia - class; Peptostreptococcales - order; Peptostreptococcaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Clostridioides difficile - type species; Clostridioides mangenotii - other species
References
- Clostridioides in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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