Clostridium paradoxum

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Clostridium paradoxum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. paradoxum
Binomial name
Clostridium paradoxum
Li et al. 1993

Clostridium paradoxum is a moderately thermophilic anaerobic alkaliphile bacteria. It is motile with 2-6 peritrichous flagella and forms round to slightly oval terminal spores. Its type strain is JW-YL-7 (DSM 7308). [1]

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References

  1. Li, Y.; Mandelco, L.; Wiegel, J. (1993). "Isolation and Characterization of a Moderately Thermophilic Anaerobic Alkaliphile, Clostridium paradoxum sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (3): 450–460. doi: 10.1099/00207713-43-3-450 . ISSN   0020-7713.

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