%0 Journal Article %A MURRAY, WILLIAM D. %A KHAN, A. W. %A van den BERG, L. %T Clostridium saccharolyticum sp. nov., a Saccharolytic Species from Sewage Sludge† %D 1982 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 32 %N 1 %P 132-135 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-1-132 %I Microbiology Society, %X A new species of Clostridium isolated from a methanogenic cellulose-enrichment culture of sewage sludge is described. The colonies produced by these bacteria were white, circular, and convex with smooth margins. The cells were straight, spindle-shaped rods, 0.6 by 3.0 μm in size. They were gram negative and nonmotile, and they formed round, terminal spores. A wide variety of carbohydrates was fermented by this mesophilic anaerobe. The major fermentation products were acetic acid, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and ethanol. The deoxyribonucleic acid base composition was 28 mol% guanine plus cytosine. The name Clostridium saccharolyticum is proposed for this new species on the basis of its broad saccharolytic activity. The type strain of C. saccharolyticum is WM1 (= NRC 2533). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-32-1-132