Caldicellulosiruptor bescii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Thermoanaerobacteriales |
Family: | Thermoanaerobacterales Family III |
Genus: | Caldicellulosiruptor |
Species: | C. saccharolyticus |
Binomial name | |
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Rainey et al, 1994 |
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus is a species of thermophilic, anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria. It was isolated from a piece of wood floating in the flow from a freshwater thermal spring in New Zealand in 1987, and tentatively named Caldocellum saccharolyticum. In 1994, the isolate was more thoroughly characterized physiologically, and classified to a new genus, Caldicellusiruptor, based on 16S RNA sequence. It is the type species, and more thoroughly studied member of its genus.