Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Eubacteriales |
Family: | Peptostreptococcaceae |
Genus: | Peptoclostridium |
Species: | P. acidaminophilum
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Binomial name | |
Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) Galperin et al. 2016[1]
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Synonyms | |
Eubacterium acidaminophilum |
Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum is a Gram-positive bacterium species in the family Peptostreptococcaceae, notable for being an amino acid-degrading obligate anaerobe producing or utilizing H2 or formate. It is rod-shaped and motile by a polar to subpolar flagellum. Its type strain is al-2.[2] It produces several relevant enzymes.