Clostridium symbiosum

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is sporeforming, motile by flagella, indole negative, nonhemolytic, does not hydrolyze esculin and produces acid from glucose, mannose, fructose and galactose. C. symbiosum is an emerging pathogen but rarely isolated from clinical specimens.

**Synonyms:** - Bacteroides symbiosus - Bacteroides symbiosus - CLOSTRIDIUM SYMBIOSUM