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Clostridia

highly polyphyletic class of bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes
Taxon taxon Q132809
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Clostridia

Summary

Clostridia is a taxon[1]. Clostridia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clostridia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Clostridia is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • Clostridia is classified within Bacillota[5].
  • Clostridia's scientific name is Clostridia[6].
  • Clostridia's Commons category is recorded as Clostridia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Clostridia is Clostridium[8].
  • Clostridia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clostridia[9].
  • Clostridia's taxon synonym is recorded as Tissierellia[10].
  • Clostridia's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/class/clostridia[11].
  • Clostridia's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[12].
  • Clostridia's taxon author citation is recorded as Rainey 2010[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Clostridia is Clostridia[6]. Clostridia is classified at the rank of class[4]. Clostridia is classified within Bacillota[5]. The taxonomic type of Clostridia is Clostridium[8].

Identifiers

Clostridia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 151985[14]. Clostridia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 186801[15]. Clostridia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7750[16]. Clostridia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 304[17]. Clostridia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 956143[18].

Why It Matters

Clostridia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (363 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).[2] Clostridia has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Clostridia is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
    Taxonomic type → Clostridium
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Bacillota
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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