Clostridium

Summary

Clostridium is a taxon^[1]. Clostridium ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,049 views/month, #1,398 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Clostridium's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Clostridium is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Clostridium belongs to the parent taxon Clostridiaceae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Clostridium is Clostridium^[6].
• Clostridium's Commons category is recorded as Clostridium^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Clostridium is Clostridium butyricum^[8].
• Clostridium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clostridium^[9].
• Clostridium's taxon synonym is recorded as Pseudoclostridium^[10].
• Clostridium's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/clostridium^[11].
• Clostridium's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria^[12].
• Clostridium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Clostridiales^[13].
• Clostridium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Clostridia^[14].

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Classification

Clostridium's scientific name is Clostridium^[6]. Clostridium is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Clostridium is classified within Clostridiaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Clostridium is Clostridium butyricum^[8].

Identifiers

Clostridium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356934^[15]. Clostridium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1485^[16]. Clostridium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83389^[17]. Clostridium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3226206^[18]. Clostridium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555645^[19].

Why It Matters

Clostridium ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,049 views/month, #1,398 of 195,241).^[2] Clostridium has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Clostridium is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]