Clostridium glycolicum
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Clostridium glycolicum is a gram-positive, central to subterminal spore-forming rod with flagella uniformly distributed around the body. When grown on anaerobic agar, colonies were white and grey in color, 1-3 mm, and transparent. First isolated from mud in 1963. Found in other soils, sea grass roots, olive mill wastewater, snake venom, bovine and human feces. It has been shown that it is not harmful, and a natural part of the gut microbiome of animals and humans. Has also been found in wounds of animals and humans, as well as abscesses and peritoneal fluid-fluid in the abdomen.
