Clostridioides difficile

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q56290719
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Clostridioides difficile

Summary

Clostridioides difficile is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clostridioides difficile's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Clostridioides difficile is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Clostridioides difficile is classified within Clostridioides[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Clostridioides difficile is Clostridioides difficile[6].
  • Clostridioides difficile's Commons category is recorded as Clostridium difficile[7].
  • Clostridioides difficile's has basionym is recorded as Clostridium difficile[8].
  • Clostridioides difficile's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. difficile'}[9].
  • Clostridioides difficile's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/clostridioides-difficile[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Clostridioides difficile is Clostridioides difficile[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Clostridioides[5].

Identifiers

Clostridioides difficile's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1496[11]. Clostridioides difficile's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52503553[12]. Clostridioides difficile's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9290075[13].

Why It Matters

Clostridioides difficile ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym Clostridium difficile
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of
    Parent taxon Clostridioides
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