Clostridium oceanicum

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is indole negative, ferments cellobiose, glucose, mannose and maltose but not ribose and does not reduce nitrate. C. oceanicum is considered non-pathogenic and has been isolated from marine sediments.

**Synonyms:** - CLOSTRIDIUM OCEANICUM