''Peptoclostridium'' is a genus in family of

Peptostreptococcaceae The Peptostreptococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria in the class Clostridia. Several members of the Peptostreptococcaceae are well known inhabitants of the digestive tract. Microbiome studies of animal feces have corroborated this ...

. Before assigned to the genus as currently defined, the name was previously proposed in 2013 as a novel genus hosting '' C. difficile'' as ''Peptoclostridium difficile'', before that species was validly moved to the related genus ''

Clostridioides ''Clostridioides'' is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, which includes ''Clostridioides difficile'', a human pathogen causing an infectious diarrhea. __TOC__ Taxonomy The genus ''Clostridioides'' was created to describe a few species formerly in ...

'' in 2016.Page ''Species: "Peptoclostridium difficile"'' on

References

Bacteria genera Taxa described in 2016 Peptostreptococcaceae {{Clostridia-stub