Clostridium lavalense

Clostridium lavalense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species: Cl. 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): 498503. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.001958-0. ISSN 1466-5026. Retrieved 2011-12-26.

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