''Thermoclostridium stercorarium'' is a
cellulolytic
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thermophilic bacterium. It is anaerobic,
spore
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-forming and
saccharoclastic, with cells being rod-shaped and 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.7 to 7.7
μm
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in size.
Its genome has been sequenced.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Clostridium stercorarium'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Gram-positive bacteria
Bacteria described in 1983
Oscillospiraceae
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