Clostridium scatologenes

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

Clostridium scatologenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Clostridia
Family:
Clostridiaceae
Genus:
Clostridium
Species:
Cl. scatologenes
Binomial name
Clostridium scatologenes
(Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prevot 1948

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
  1. bacterio.net, list of prokaryotic names with standing nomenclature.
  • "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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