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Clostridium scatologenes

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Clostridium scatologenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. scatologenes
Binomial name
Clostridium scatologenes
(Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prevot 1948

Clostridium scatologenes[1] (CLOSL) is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium.

Originally, in 1925, Fellers and Clough named this species Clostridium scatol. In 1927, Weinberg and Ginsbourg's later reclassification was Bacillus scatologenes. The species has borne its present name since 1948.

References

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  • "Clostridium scatologenes: (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prevot 1948". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • UniProt. "Clostridium scatologenes". Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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