Family Clostridiaceae

Name: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Pribram E. Klassification der Schizomyceten. F. Deuticke, Leipzig, 1933.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 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.
- Prevot (1940) assigned the genus "Welchia" to this family. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
- 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 48
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 49
Total number of child taxa: 62

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Abyssisolibacter" Kim et al. 2016	not validly published
Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996	validly published	synonym
"Anaeromassilibacillus" Guilhot et al. 2016	not validly published
Anaeromicrobium Zhang et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
"Anaerophilus" Zhang et al. 2020	not validly published
Anaerosalibacter Rezgui et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Anaerosolibacter Hong et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Anaerosporobacter Jeong et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Anaerovirgula Pikuta et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Anoxynatronum Garnova et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
"Candidatus Arthromitus" Snel et al. 1995	not validly published
Asaccharospora Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
"Bacilliculturomica" Traore et al. 2017	not validly published
Brassicibacter Fang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Caldisalinibacter Ben Hania et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Caloramator Collins et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
Caloranaerobacter Wery et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
Caminicella Alain et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
Clostridiisalibacter Liebgott et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Crassaminicella Lakhal et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
"Desnuesiella" Hadjadj et al. 2016	not validly published
"Candidatus Dwaynia" corrig. Thompson et al. 2012	not validly published
Fervidicella Ogg and Patel 2010	validly published	correct name
Fonticella Fraj et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Garciella Miranda-Tello et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Haloimpatiens Wu et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Hathewaya Lawson and Rainey 2016	validly published	correct name
[Hiblerillus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
Hungatella Kaur et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Hydrogenispora Liu et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
"Inediibacterium" Alou et al. 2017	not validly published
[Inflabilis]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
Intestinibacter Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Irregularibacter Lagkouvardos et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Keratinibaculum Huang et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Lactonifactor Clavel et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Lutispora Shiratori et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
"Massilimaliae" Traore et al. 2017	not validly published
"Massilioclostridium" Lo et al. 2017	not validly published
Natronincola corrig. Zhilina et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
Oceanirhabdus Pi et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Oxobacter Collins et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
Paeniclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Paraclostridium Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Proteiniborus Niu et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Proteiniclasticum Zhang et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
"Pseudoclostridium" Zhang et al. 2018	not validly published
Romboutsia Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Salimesophilobacter Zhang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Serpentinicella Mei et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Sporosalibacterium Rezgui et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Terrisporobacter Gerritsen et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Thermobrachium Engle et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
Thermohalobacter Cayol et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
Thermotalea Ogg and Patel 2009	validly published	correct name
Tindallia Kevbrin et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
Youngiibacter Lawson et al. 2014	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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