clostridium algoriphilum clostridium algoriphilum clostridium algoriphilum is a psychrophilic, gram-positive, strict anaerobic, spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus clostridium which has been isolated from an over-cooled brine from the permafrost in kolyma lowland in russia. clostridium algoriphilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: clostridium species: c. algoriphilum binomial name clostridium algoriphilumshcherbakova et al. 2010 type strain 14d1, dsm 16153, vkm b-2271