vs Epaulard

Clostridium celerecrescens compared with Orcinus orca

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Epaulard is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Epaulard
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Firmicutes_A	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Clostridia (クロストリジア)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Clostridiales (クロストリジウム目)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Clostridiaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Clostridium	Orcinus (Orcas)
Species	Clostridium celerecrescens	Orcinus orca

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Epaulard

DD — Data Deficient

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Unknown ?

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Epaulard
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	8.0 m
Average Weight	—	5.4 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Epaulard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Clostridium celerecrescens is an anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium in the family Clostridiaceae whose species epithet celerecrescens reflects its notably rapid growth rate compared to many other clostridia, which typically grow more slowly under anaerobic conditions. It is found in anaerobic environments including soils, sediments, and the digestive tracts of animals where fermentation of carbohydrates and organic compounds occurs. Like all Clostridium species, it is a strictly anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium capable of producing resistant endospores that permit survival under environmental stresses. The rapid growth phenotype of C. celerecrescens makes it of potential interest for industrial biotechnology applications where fast colonization and fermentation rates are advantageous, including in bioremediation of contaminated anaerobic environments or in bioprocessing systems designed to convert organic substrates into valuable products through anaerobic fermentation. The genus Clostridium represents one of the most metabolically diverse groups of bacteria, encompassing species producing ethanol, butanol, hydrogen gas, and various organic acids from diverse carbon sources.

Epaulard

イルカ科で最大の種であるシャチ（Orcinus orca）は体長最大9メートル、体重6トンに達し、北極から南極まですべての海洋に生息しています。独特の方言、狩猟戦略、集団間で異なる文化的伝統を持つ母系ポッドで生活する頂点捕食者です。一部の集団は魚類を、他の集団は海洋哺乳類を専門に捕食します。天敵はなく、シャチは生息するすべての海洋食物連鎖の頂点に位置します。