Clostridium aminophilum is a species of gram-positive ammonia-producing ruminal bacteria, with type strain FT.
Clostridium aminphilum is involved in inefficient nitrogen use by animals such as cows. Due to an inability to hydrolyze intact protein or ferment carbohydrates, Clostridium aminophilum seems to occupy the niche in the rumen of peptide and amino acid fermentation.Attwood GTKlieve AV, Ouwerkerk D, Patel BKC. 1998. Ammonia-Hyperproducing Bacteria from New Zealand Ruminants. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.64.5.1796-1804.1998
References
Further reading
Krause, Denis O., and James B. Russell. "An rRNA approach for assessing the role of obligate amino acid-fermenting bacteria in ruminal amino acid deamination." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62.3 (1996): 815–821.
External links LPSN
Type strain of Clostridium aminophilum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase