''Cellulosibacter'' is an obligately
anaerobic
Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to:
* Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding a ...
,
cellulolytic and
xylanolytic bacterial genus from the family of
Clostridiaceae
The Clostridiaceae are a family of the bacterial class Clostridia, and contain the genus ''Clostridium''.
The family Clostridiaceae (scientific name) defined by the taxonomic outline of '' Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology '' contains ...
with one known species (''
Cellulosibacter alkalithermophilus'').
References
Clostridiaceae
Bacteria genera
Monotypic bacteria genera
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