Kingdom Bacteria Class Clostridia Genus Clostridium | Division Firmicutes Family Clostridiaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Clostridium thermocellum, Clostridium cellulovorans, Clostridium cellulolyticum, Cellulomonas, Thermoanaerobacter | ||
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.
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