Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (DSM 7453, ATCC 7946, NCA 3750)

Name: Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (DSM 7453, ATCC 7946, NCA 3750)
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BacDive ID 11799

Type strain

Strain Designation 2133

Culture col. no. DSM 7453 ATCC 7946 NCA 3750 2133

NCBI tax ID(s) 1565

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- ATCC <- NCA 3750 ("Clostridium nigrificans") [L.S. McClung, 2133]

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Desulfotomaculum nigrificans 2133 is an anaerobe bacterium of the family Peptococcaceae.

anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46994

ATCC 7946,DSM 7453

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Peptococcaceae

Genus Desulfotomaculum

Species Desulfotomaculum nigrificans

Full scientific name Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (Werkman and Weaver 1927) Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Clostridium nigrificans"
Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Desulfotomaculum nigrificans** (8)	Type strain
11792	D. nigrificans DSM 574, ATCC 19858, ATCC 19998, CIP 111238, ... (type strain)
11793	D. nigrificans DSM 575, NCIMB 8706
11794	D. nigrificans Teddington Garden, DSM 7434, NCIMB 8351
11795	D. nigrificans Staines G, DSM 7435, NCIMB 8353
11796	D. nigrificans Aberdeen, DSM 7436, NCIMB 8354
11797	D. nigrificans Holland DT, DSM 7437, NCIMB 8355
11798	D. nigrificans DSM 7438, NCIMB 8788
11828	D. nigrificans CO-1-SRB, DSM 14880, VKM B-2319

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
3158	DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: DESULFOVIBRIO (POSTGATE) MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 63) Composition: MgSO4 x 7 H2O 2.0 g/l Na-DL-lactate 2.0 g/l NH4Cl 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Na2SO4 1.0 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.5 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.1 g/l Na-thioglycolate 0.1 g/l Ascorbic acid 0.1 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
3158	positive	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

3158

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3158	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Isolation of tocopherol from Desulfotomaculum nigrificans.	Cinquina CL.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.95.6.2436-2438.1968	1968
	Immunological cross-reactivities of adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate reductases from sulfate-reducing and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria.	Odom JM, Jessie K, Knodel E, Emptage M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.57.3.727-733.1991	1991
Stress	Heat resistance of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans spores in soy protein infant formula preparations.	Donnelly LS, Busta FF	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.40.4.721-725.1980	1980

References

#3158	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 7453
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (DSM 7453, ATCC 7946, NCA 3750)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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