| Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Caldicellulosiruptorales |
| Family: | Caldicellulosiruptoraceae |
| Genus: | Caldicellulosiruptor |
| Species: | C. saccharolyticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Rainey et al., 1995 [1] | |
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus is a species of thermophilic, anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium. It was isolated from a piece of wood floating in the flow from a freshwater thermal spring in New Zealand in 1987, and tentatively named Caldocellum saccharolyticum. [2] In 1994, the isolate was more thoroughly characterized physiologically, and classified to a new genus, Caldicellusiruptor, based on 16S RNA sequence. [3] It is the type species, and more thoroughly studied member of its genus.