clostridium methoxybenzovorans clostridium methoxybenzovorans clostridium methoxybenzovorans is a strictly anaerobic and spore-forming bacterium from the genus clostridium which has been isolated from olive mill wastewater from sfax in tunisia. clostridium methoxybenzovorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: clostridium species: c. methoxybenzovorans binomial name clostridium methoxybenzovoransmechichi et al. 1999 type strain atcc 700855, dsm 12182, sr3