NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum
Firmicutes. This species is nonsporulating, urease, catalase and indole negative,
pyrrolidonyl negative, does not reduce nitrate, weakly ferments mannose and raffinose
and may appear gram variable due to staining difficulty. C. ramosum is part of the
RIC group of clostridium and is an opportunistic pathogen.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium ramosum.;