peptoclostridium acidaminophilum peptoclostridium acidaminophilum peptoclostridium acidaminophilum is a gram-positive bacterium species in the family peptostreptococcaceae, notable for being an amino acid-degrading obligate anaerobe producing or utilizing h2 or formate. it is rod-shaped and motile by a polar to subpolar flagellum. its type strain is al-2. it produces several relevant enzymes. peptoclostridium acidaminophilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: peptostreptococcaceae genus: peptoclostridium species: p. acidaminophilum binomial name peptoclostridium acidaminophilum(zindel et al. 1989) galperin et al. 2016 synonyms eubacterium acidaminophilum