Clostridium stercorarium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Family: | Clostridiaceae |
Genus: | Clostridium |
Species: | Cl. stercorarium |
Binomial name | |
Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983 |
Clostridium stercorarium is a cellulolytic thermophilic bacteria. It is anaerobic, spore-forming and saccharoclastic, with cells being rod-shaped and 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.7 to 7.7 µm in size. Its genome has been sequenced.