''Paraclostridium'' is a genus of Gram-positive obligately anaerobic

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

bacteria.

Taxonomy

The genus contains several species originally placed in ''

Clostridium ''Clostridium'' is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria. Species of ''Clostridium'' inhabit soils and the intestinal tract of animals, including humans. This genus includes several significant human pathogens, including the causative ag ...

'', which the genus name still refers to. ''Paeniclostridium'' was separately described as an independent genus in 2016 moving '' P. ghonii'' and '' P. sordellii'' from ''Clostridium''. Based on additional research of the genomes 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 ...

species, ''Paeniclostridium'' was brought into synonymy with ''Paraclostridium''.

References

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