Etymology:
Clos.tri’di.um N.L. neut. dim. n.Clostridium, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff.-aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.Clostridiaceae, the Clostridium family
De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli 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. 19-20.
Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980 to this family.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Sporobacter Grech-Mora et al. 1996 to this family.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
Boone et al. (2001) assigned the genus Acidaminobacter Stams and Hansen 1985 to this family.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
Huang et al. (2013) assigned the genus Keratinibaculum Huang et al. 2015 to this family.Publication:
Huang Y, Sun Y, Ma S, Chen L, Zhang H, Deng Y. Isolation and characterization of Keratinibaculum paraultunense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium with keratinolytic activity. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 345:56-63.
Rezgui et al. (2012) assigned the genus Anaerosalibacter Rezgui et al. 2012 to this family.Publication:
Rezgui R, Maaroufi A, Fardeau ML, Ben Ali Gam Z, Cayol JL, Ben Hamed S, Labat M. Anaerosalibacter bizertensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2469-2474.
Slobodkin et al. (2006) assigned the genus Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006 to this family.Publication:
Slobodkin AI, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, German KE, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Birkeland NK. Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:369-372.
Traore et al. (2017) assigned the genus "Massilimaliae" Traore et al. 2017 to this family.Publication:
Traore SI, Azhar EI, Yasir M, Bibi F, Fournier PE, Jiman-Fatani AA, Delerce J, Cadoret F, Lagier JC, Raoult D. Description of 'Beduinibacterium massiliense' gen. nov., sp. nov., 'Massilimaliae massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov., 'Provencibacterium massiliense' gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Oscilibacter massiliensis' sp. nov., isolated from a faecal specimen of a 19-year-old healthy Saudi Arabian Bedouin by culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:78-82.
Watthanalamloet et al. (2012) assigned the genus Cellulosibacter Watthanalamloet et al. 2012 to this family.Publication:
Watthanalamloet A, Tachaapaikoon C, Lee YS, Kosugi A, Mori Y, Tanasupawat S, Kyu KL, Ratanakhanokchai K. Cellulosibacter alkalithermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic alkalithermophilic, cellulolytic-xylanolytic bacterium isolated from soil of a coconut garden. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2330-2335.
The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 46 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 47 Total number of child taxa: 64
Assigned by:
Gerritsen J, Fuentes S, Grievink W, van Niftrik L, Tindall BJ, Timmerman HM, Rijkers GT, Smidt H. Characterization of Romboutsia ilealis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gastro-intestinal tract of a rat, and proposal for the reclassification of five closely related members of the genus Clostridium into the genera Romboutsia gen. nov., Intestinibacter gen. nov., Terrisporobacter gen. nov. and Asaccharospora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1600-1616.
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