Kingdom : Bacteria
Division : Firmicutes
Class : Clostridia
Order : Clostridiales
Family : Peptostreptococcaceae (Gram-positive)
Genus : Peptostreptococcus
Name: Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. v. peptô, cook, digest; N.L. masc. n. Streptococcus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Peptostreptococcus, the digesting streptococcus
Type species: Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (Natvig 1905) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Refrence : http://www.bacterio.net/