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Etymology: Clos.tri’di.a. N.L. neut. dim. n. Clostridium, type genus of the type order of the class; N.L. neut. dim. pl. n. Clostridia, the class of the Clostridiales (nominative plural of Clostridium)
Type genus: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Rainey FA. Class II. Clostridia class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 736.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Thermosediminibacteria Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Peptococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Thermincolia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Desulfotomaculia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Thermodesulfobiia" Frolov et al. 2023 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Desulfitobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Sulfobacillia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Tissierellia" Alauzet et al. 2014 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Halanaerobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Natranaerobiia" Sorokin et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Clostridiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Desulfotomaculia" Watanabe et al. 2019 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Desulfitisporia Sorokin and Merkel 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Symbiobacteriia" Wang et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Natranaerobiia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Symbiobacteriia Chuvochina et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 33
Total number of child taxa: 45
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Acetivibrionales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Ammonificales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Calderihabitantales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Caldicellulosiruptorales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Caldicoprobacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Carboxydocellales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Carboxydothermales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Christensenellales" Parks et al. 2018 | not validly published | synonym |
Christensenellales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
[Clostridia, not assigned to order] | artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis | |
"Candidatus Coralgsqaceae" Gong et al. 2023 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
"Candidatus Coralgsqales" corrig. Gong et al. 2023 | not validly published | synonym |
Desulfitibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfitisporales Sorokin and Merkel 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Desulfitobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Desulfotomaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Desulfotomaculales" Watanabe et al. 2019 | not validly published | synonym |
Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Halanaerobiales corrig. Rainey and Zhilina 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Haloanaerobiales Rainey and Zhilina 1995 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Halobacteroidales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Heliobacteriales" Cavalier-Smith 2006 | not validly published | synonym |
Koleobacterales Sakamoto et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Lachnospirales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Lachnospirales" Parks et al. 2018 | not validly published | synonym |
Lutisporales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Mahellales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Monoglobales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Moorellales Lv et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Natranaerobiales Mesbah et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
"Oscillospirales" Glendinning et al. 2020 | not validly published | synonym |
Peptococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Peptostreptococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Saccharofermentanales" Parks et al. 2018 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
"Saccharofermentantales" corrig. Parks et al. 2018 | not validly published | synonym |
Sulfobacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Symbiobacteriales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermincolales Chuvochina et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Thermodesulfobiales" Cavalier-Smith and Chao 2020 | not validly published | synonym |
Thermodesulfobiales Frolov et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Thermosediminibacterales Zhang et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tissierellales Alauzet et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021
Assigned by:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
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Record number: 4793