Biology:Clostridium piliforme
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Short description: Species of bacterium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Lachnospiraceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | C. piliforme
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| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium piliforme (ex Tyzzer 1917) Duncan et al. 1993[1]
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Clostridium piliforme is an anaerobic, motile, gram-negative bacterium. It is the causing agent of Tyzzer's disease in various mammals.
Taxonomy
C. piliforme was assigned to the genus Clostridium, where it was later ordered to the Cluster XIVb, being closely related to C. colinum. In 2013, it was proposed to be moved to the new genus "Tyzzerella" in the family of Lachnospiraceae.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Page Species: Clostridium piliforme on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/clostridium-piliforme.
Sources
- "Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer's bacillus): Duncan et al. 1993". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1524.
- UniProt. "Clostridium piliforme". https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1524.
External links
- "Oldstyle id: 78933708d686d637f9c7a2b970d4bfab". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/78933708d686d637f9c7a2b970d4bfab.
Wikidata ☰ Q378419 entry
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