clostridium scatologenes clostridium scatologenes clostridium scatologenes (closl) is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium. clostridium scatologenes scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: clostridium species: c. scatologenes binomial name clostridium scatologenes(weinberg and ginsbourg 1927) prevot 1948 originally, in 1925, fellers and clough named this species clostridium scatol. in 1927, weinberg and ginsbourg's later reclassification was bacillus scatologenes. the species has borne its present name since 1948.