Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum

Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Peptoclostridium
Species:
P. acidaminophilum
Binomial name
Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum
(Zindel et al. 1989) Galperin et al. 2016[1]
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.

References

  1. Page Species: Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. Zindel U.; et al. (1988). "Eubacterium acidaminophilum sp. nov., a versatile amino acid-degrading anaerobe producing or utilizing H2 or formate". Archives of Microbiology. 150 (3): 254–266. doi:10.1007/bf00407789. S2CID 34824309.

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