clostridium kluyveri clostridium kluyveri clostridium kluyveri (clokl) is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium. it is named after the dutch microbiologist albert kluyver. clostridium kluyveri scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: clostridium species: c. kluyveri binomial name clostridium kluyveribarker and taha 1942