Bacterium
clostridium beijerinckii
Subclass of:
Clostridium
Definitions related to clostridium beijerinckii:
  • A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, sporulating, sacchrolytic, mesophilic, and produces acetate, butanol, ethanol, acetoin and acetyl methyl carbonil from fermentation. C. beijerinckii is found in the soil and feces and is an important organism used in commercial solvent production.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae, capable of solventogenesis, and isolated from SOIL, infected WOUNDS, fermenting OLIVES, and spoiled CANDY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium beijerinckii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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