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Clostridium

genus of prokaryotes
Taxon taxon Q327663
Clostridium
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Summary

Clostridium is a taxon[1]. Clostridium ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,028 views/month, #1,398 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Clostridium[5]
  • Commons category: Clostridium[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Clostridium butyricum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Clostridium[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Pseudoclostridium[9]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/clostridium[10]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[11]
  • Nomenclatural type of: Clostridiales[12], Clostridia[13]

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Identifiers

Clostridium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356934[14]. Clostridium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1485[15]. Clostridium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83389[16]. Clostridium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3226206[17]. Clostridium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555645[18].

Why It Matters

Clostridium has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Clostridium is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . 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. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Clostridium butyricum
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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