| Clostridium stercorarium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria | 
| Division: | Firmicutes | 
| Class: | Clostridia | 
| Family: | Clostridiaceae | 
| Genus: | Clostridium | 
| Species: | Cl. stercorarium | 
| Binomial name | |
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Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983  | 
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Clostridium stercorarium is a cellulolytic thermophilic bacteria. It is anaerobic, spore-forming and saccharoclastic, with cells being rod-shaped and 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.7 to 7.7 µm in size. Its genome has been sequenced.