Clostridium leptum is a bacterium species in the genus Clostridium.
Clostridium leptum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Eubacteriales |
Family: | Lachnospiraceae |
Genus: | Clostridium |
Species: | C. leptum
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Binomial name | |
Clostridium leptum |
It forms a subgroup of human fecal microbiota.[2] Its reduction relative to other members of the gut microbiota has been observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.[3]
NCBI genome ID | 951 |
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Ploidy | haploid |
Genome size | 3.27 Mb |
Number of chromosomes | 1 |
The genome of C. leptum has been sequenced.
"Clostridium leptum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).