Clostridium lavalense

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Clostridium lavalense
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Firmicutes"
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. lavalense
Binomial name
Clostridium lavalense
Domingo et al. 2009

Clostridium lavalense is an anaerobic, motile, spore-forming, rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium first isolated from human feces.[1] The epithet "lavalense" refers to the institution, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

References[]

  1. ^ Domingo, M. C.; Huletsky, A.; Boissinot, M.; Hélie, M. C.; Bernal, A.; Bernard, K. A.; Grayson, M. L.; Picard, J.; Bergeron, M. G. (2009). "Clostridium lavalense sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from human faeces". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (3): 498–503. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.001958-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 19244429.

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