Clostridium piliforme

Clostridium piliforme
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. piliforme
Binomial name
Clostridium piliforme
(ex Tyzzer 1917) Duncan et al. 1993
Synonyms
  • Bacillus piliformis
  • "Tyzzerella piliformis" (Duncan et al. 1993) Yutin and Galperin 2013

Clostridium piliforme is an anaerobic, motile, gram-negative bacterium. It is the causing agent of Tyzzer's disease in various mammals.

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