General

@ref: 5348

BacDive-ID: 2804

DSM-Number: 14428

keywords: 16S sequence, Bacteria, anaerobe, mesophilic

description: Clostridium herbivorans 54408 is an anaerobe, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from pig large intestine.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 39479
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 5348
• history: <- ATCC <- V. H. Varel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, Nebraska, USA; 54408

doi: 10.13145/bacdive2804.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/bacillota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Bacillota
• class: Clostridia
• order: Eubacteriales
• family: Clostridiaceae
• genus: Clostridium
• species: Clostridium herbivorans
• full scientific name: Clostridium herbivorans Varel et al. 1995

@ref: 5348

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Clostridia

order: Clostridiales

family: Clostridiaceae

genus: Clostridium

species: Clostridium herbivorans

full scientific name: Clostridium herbivorans Varel et al. 1995

strain designation: 54408

type strain: yes

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 5348
• name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 339a)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/339a
• composition: Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 339a; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l Cellobiose 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 5348
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 37
• range: mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

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• oxygen tolerance: anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 5348
• sample type: pig large intestine
• country: USA
• origin.country: USA
• continent: North America

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 5348
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

16S sequences

• @ref: 5348
• description: Clostridium herbivorans 16S ribosomal RNA, complete gene
• accession: L34418
• length: 1481
• database: ena
• NCBI tax ID: 39479

GC content

• @ref: 5348
• GC-content: 38

External links

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culture collection no.: DSM 14428, ATCC 49925

straininfo link

• @ref: 72330
• straininfo: 49554

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 8590675
• title: Clostridium herbivorans sp. nov., a cellulolytic anaerobe from the pig intestine.
• authors: Varel VH, Tanner RS, Woese CR
• journal: Int J Syst Bacteriol
• DOI: 10.1099/00207713-45-3-490
• year: 1995
• mesh: Anaerobiosis, Animals, Base Composition, Cellulose/*metabolism, Clostridium/chemistry/*classification/cytology/genetics/metabolism/physiology, DNA, Bacterial/chemistry, Fatty Acids/chemistry, Fermentation, Glucans/metabolism, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Intestines/*microbiology, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Spores, Swine/*microbiology
• topic2: Metabolism

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