Clostridioides

Clostridioides
SE micrograph of Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridioides
Lawson (microbiologist) and Rainey (biologist) (2016)
Selected species

Clostridioides is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes Clostridioides difficile, a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea.

Taxonomy

The Clostridioides genus name was created in order to separate species formerly in the Clostridium genus which have been shown to be genetically far removed from that group using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.[1]

Description

They are obligate anaerobes capable of producing endospores. The normal, reproducing cells of Clostridioides, called the vegetative form, are rod-shaped, which gives them their name, from the Greek κλωστήρ or spindle. Clostridioides endospores, like Clostridium endospores, have a distinct bowling pin or bottle shape, distinguishing them from other bacterial endospores, which are usually ovoid in shape.

References

  1. ↑ Lawson, Paul A; DM Citron; KL Tyrrell; SM Finegold (August 2016). "Reclassification of Clostridium difficile as Clostridioides difficile". Anaerobe. 40: 95–99.
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