Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum
Species of bacterium
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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.
| Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Peptostreptococcales |
| Family: | Peptostreptococcaceae |
| Genus: | Peptoclostridium |
| Species: | P. acidaminophilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) Galperin et al. 2016[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eubacterium acidaminophilum | |
