Clostridiaceae

The Clostridiaceae are a family of the Clostridia, and contains the Clostridium genus.

The family Clostridiaceae (scientific name) defined by the taxonomic outline of ' Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology ' contains as its core the genus Clostridium (sensu stricto), as well as Acetivibrio, Acidaminobacter, Alkaliphilus, Anaerobacter, Caloramator, Caloranaerobacter, Coprobacillus, Dorea, Natronincola, Oxobacter, Sarcina, Sporobacter, Thermobrachium, Thermohalobacter and Tindallia. The previous inclusion of these additional genera in a family Clostridiaceae is based for the most part on the fact that the type species of these genera are in many cases phylogenetically related to misclassified species of the genus Clostridium. However with the exception of Anaerobacter, Caloramator, Oxobacter, Sarcina and Thermobrachium, these genera fall outside the radiation of what can be considered the true family Clostridiaceae and are now regarded as belonging to other families within the low G + C Gram-positive phylum.