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Clostridium beijerinckii
Definition 1
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)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium beijerinckii. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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