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Class Clostridia

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Clostridia Rainey 2010, class. nov.
Type order: ¤ Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Clostridium, type genus of the type order of the class; suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Clostridia, the Clostridium class.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 132. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 469-472.
Effective publication: 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 (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 736.
Validation List no. 132 in IJSEM Online

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