Clostridium aerotolerans
| Clostridium aerotolerans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | Cl. aerotolerans |
| Binomial name | |
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Clostridium aerotolerans van Gylswyk and van der Toorn 1987; emend. Chamkha et al. 2001 |
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Clostridium aerotolerans is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium.
Cl. aerotolerans is xylanolytic, which means that these bacteria can digest the polysaccharides collectively known as xylan. Among this species' products are formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acids, ethanol, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.
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