NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum
Firmicutes. This species is nonsporulating, urease and catalase negative, weakly indole
positive, ferments mannose and raffinose, is resistant to penicillin G and may appear
gram variable due to staining difficulty. C. clostridioforme is part of the RIC group
of clostridium, is considered to be pathogenic and is typically found with, and must
be identified separately from, Clostridium bolteae and Clostridium hathewayi.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium clostridioforme.;