Clostridium piliforme

Clostridium piliforme is an anaerobic, motile, gram-negative bacterium. It is the causing agent of Tyzzer's disease in various mammals.

Clostridium piliforme
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Eubacteriales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Clostridium
Species:	C. piliforme
Binomial name
Clostridium piliforme (ex Tyzzer 1917) Duncan et al. 1993[1]
Synonyms
Bacillus piliformis "Tyzzerella piliformis" (Duncan et al. 1993) Yutin and Galperin 2013[1]

Taxonomy

C. piliforme was assigned to the genus Clostridium, where it was later ordered to the Cluster XIVb, being closely related to C. colinum. In 2013, it was proposed to be moved to the new genus "Tyzzerella" in the family of Lachnospiraceae.