Clostridioides

Translingual

Clostridioides difficile, formerly called Clostridium difficile

Etymology

From Clostridium +‎ -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Clostridioides m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peptostreptococcaceae – certain bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum; Clostridia - class; Peptostreptococcales - order; Peptostreptococcaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clostridioides difficile - type species; Clostridioides mangenotii - other species

References

• Clostridioides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clostridioides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clostridioides in the Genome Taxonomy Database