clostridium saccharobutylicum clostridium saccharobutylicum clostridium saccharobutylicum is an indole and notably acetone, butanol and ethanol-producing bacterium, with type strain dsm 13864t (= atcc baa-117t). its genome has been sequenced. clostridium saccharobutylicum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: clostridium species: c. saccharobutylicum binomial name clostridium saccharobutylicumkeis et al. 2001