Enterocloster is a genus of anaerobic bacteria. Species in Enterocloster were historically ordered in the genera Lachnoclostridium or Clostridium before advances in phylogenetics supported formation of a new genus.[2]

Enterocloster
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Lachnospiraceae
Genus: Enterocloster
Haas and Blanchard 2020[1]
Species

References

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  1. ^ Page Genus: Enterocloster on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. ^ Haas, Kelly N.; Blanchard, Jeffrey L. (2020). "Reclassification of the Clostridium clostridioforme and Clostridium sphenoides clades As enterocloster gen. nov. And lacrimispora gen. nov., including reclassification of 15 taxa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (1): 23–34. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003698. PMID 31782700. S2CID 208358321.