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| Clostridium scatologenes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | C. scatologenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium scatologenes (Weinberg and Ginsbourg 1927) Prevot 1948 | |
Clostridium scatologenes [1] (CLOSL) is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium.
Originally, in 1925, Fellers and Clough named this species Clostridium scatol. In 1927, Weinberg and Ginsbourg's later reclassification was Bacillus scatologenes. The species has borne its present name since 1948.
