Clostridium leptum

Clostridium leptum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. leptum
Binomial name
Clostridium leptum
Moore et al., 1976

Clostridium leptum is a bacterium species in the genus Clostridium.

It forms a subgroup of human fecal microbiota. Its reduction relative to other members of the gut microbiota has been observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Genomic information
NCBI ID1535
Ploidyhaploid
Genome size3.27 Mb
Number of chromosomes1
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The genome of C. leptum has been sequenced.