Clostridium perfringens (DSM 29991, MJJ0609-4-1)

Name: Clostridium perfringens (DSM 29991, MJJ0609-4-1)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 130924

Type strain

Strain Designation MJJ0609-4-1

Culture col. no. DSM 29991 MJJ0609-4-1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1502

Special Collections DSMZ Mouse DZIF

History <- T. Clavel, TU Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany; MJJ0609-4-1

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Clostridium perfringens MJJ0609-4-1 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, rod-shaped human pathogen that was isolated from wild mouse.

spore-forming rod-shaped anaerobe human pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 399924

DSM 29991

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:31:20

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium perfringens

Full scientific name Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Bacillus perfringens"
"Clostridioides perfringens"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium perfringens** (104)	Type strain
2631	C. perfringens S107, DSM 756, ATCC 13124, ATCC 19408, NCIB ... (type strain)
130925	C. perfringens D10, DSM 100947, NCTC 13170, WDCM 00201, ...
2630	C. perfringens SM19b, DSM 628
2632	C. perfringens McClung 1988, BP6K, CCUG 35750, CIP 104612, ...
2633	C. perfringens DSM 2943, ATCC 25768, NCIB 10620
2634	C. perfringens C5, DSM 11778
2635	C. perfringens C8, DSM 11779
2636	C. perfringens C12, DSM 11780
2637	C. perfringens C33, DSM 11781
2638	C. perfringens C36, DSM 11782
2639	C. perfringens C42, DSM 11783
2640	C. perfringens 8239, C103, DSM 11784
2641	C. perfringens C186, DSM 11785
2642	C. perfringens C192, DSM 11786
2643	C. perfringens ES-MS 22, DSM 30770
2644	C. perfringens DSM 25589, VPI No.5
134383	C. perfringens 252, CIP 60.61
134433	C. perfringens 319.2000, CIP 106951
134565	C. perfringens CWC245, CIP 106464
134571	C. perfringens 3702/49, CIP 106516, ATCC 12915, NCTC 8359
134582	C. perfringens 132, CIP 106640
134596	C. perfringens 2882000, CIP 106939
134597	C. perfringens 4552000, CIP 106940
134598	C. perfringens 3232000, CIP 106942
134599	C. perfringens 3462000, CIP 106943
134627	C. perfringens 77.2000, CIP 106526
135320	C. perfringens CIP 60.19
135625	C. perfringens 2622 A, CIP 61.5
135929	C. perfringens 167/51, CIP 106515, ATCC 12919, NCTC 8678, ...
135938	C. perfringens 150, CIP 106894
135939	C. perfringens 3172000, CIP 106941
136396	C. perfringens CIP 105178
136465	C. perfringens CIP 105956, AIP 667-76
136487	C. perfringens CIP 106156, ATCC 27324, NCIMB 10748, CCUG ...
136536	C. perfringens 72.2000, CIP 106525
136541	C. perfringens C2823, CIP 106633
136547	C. perfringens 48899, CIP 106677
136548	C. perfringens 169, CIP 106904
136555	C. perfringens 3222000, CIP 106937
136563	C. perfringens 170, CIP 106903
136568	C. perfringens 3162000, CIP 106936
136569	C. perfringens 4692000, CIP 106944
136570	C. perfringens 72.2000, CIP 106946
137054	C. perfringens 117, CIP 106902
137142	C. perfringens CIP 60.60
137328	C. perfringens 2001036, CIP 106952
137329	C. perfringens 2001038, CIP 106953
138119	C. perfringens CIP 104880, ATCC 12917, NCTC 8239, CCUG 18370
138359	C. perfringens CWC238, CIP 106527
138373	C. perfringens 100, CIP 106888
138374	C. perfringens 101, CIP 106889
138375	C. perfringens 108, CIP 106890
138376	C. perfringens 124, CIP 106891
138377	C. perfringens 138, CIP 106892
138378	C. perfringens 146, CIP 106893
138384	C. perfringens 106, CIP 106901
138473	C. perfringens CIP 105568
138597	C. perfringens 4702000, CIP 106938
139291	C. perfringens CIP 106157, NCTC 8798, AIP 10201
139525	C. perfringens 281/50, CIP 110283, CCM 7176, ATCC 12916, ...
141458	C. perfringens CCUG 2035, NCTC 3110
141459	C. perfringens CCUG 2036, NCTC 3180, CECT 820
141460	C. perfringens CCUG 2037, NCTC 8346, CECT 821
141461	C. perfringens CCUG 2038, CECT 4110, ATCC 9856, NCTC 6719
141763	C. perfringens CCUG 6513, NCTC 11144
143263	C. perfringens CCUG 18108
144106	C. perfringens CCUG 23083
146487	C. perfringens CCUG 31304
147279	C. perfringens CCUG 33277
147489	C. perfringens CCUG 33691
147722	C. perfringens CCUG 34085
147747	C. perfringens CCUG 34138
147970	C. perfringens CCUG 34598
147979	C. perfringens CCUG 34613
148253	C. perfringens CCUG 35110
148543	C. perfringens CCUG 35619
148944	C. perfringens CCUG 36620
148995	C. perfringens CCUG 36694
149024	C. perfringens CCUG 36741
149315	C. perfringens CCUG 37480
149354	C. perfringens CCUG 37568
149572	C. perfringens CCUG 37991
150006	C. perfringens CCUG 38829
150123	C. perfringens CCUG 39042
150183	C. perfringens CCUG 39212
150282	C. perfringens CCUG 39490
150576	C. perfringens CCUG 41642
150859	C. perfringens CCUG 42581 A
150860	C. perfringens CCUG 42581 B
150893	C. perfringens CCUG 42642
150905	C. perfringens CCUG 42684
151036	C. perfringens CCUG 43122
151270	C. perfringens CCUG 43593
152132	C. perfringens CCUG 45870
152872	C. perfringens CCUG 47829
152887	C. perfringens CCUG 47895
154898	C. perfringens CCUG 55613
155386	C. perfringens CCUG 57575
156004	C. perfringens CCUG 59984
158915	C. perfringens WCA-h-251-APC-2, DSM 106278
164822	C. perfringens JCM 3816, ATCC 3624, BCRC 13019
164823	C. perfringens JCM 3817, ATCC 3626, BCRC 10647, LMG 10468, ...
164824	C. perfringens JCM 3818, ATCC 3628, NCIMB 10662
164825	C. perfringens JCM 3819, ATCC 3629, BCRC 10914, NCIMB 10663

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Gram stain
68367	rod-shaped		from API 20A
68367		positive	from API 20A

Colony morphology

22216

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
22216	FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1203)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1203) Composition: Horse blood 100.0 g/l Fastidious Anaerobe Agar 45.7 g/l Distilled water
22216	CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CHOPPED MEAT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 78) Composition: Ground beef 500.0 g/l Casitone 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Ethanol 9.5 g/l (optional) K2HPO4 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.5 g/l Haemin 0.005 g/l (optional) Resazurin 0.001 g/l Vitamin K3 0.0005 g/l (optional) Vitamin K1 (optional) NaOH (optional) Distilled water
22216	WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
22216	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
22216	anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	99.5

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation
68367		from API 20A

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68367	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20A
68367	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API 20A
68367	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20A
68367	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68367	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68367	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20A
68367	catalase	+	1.11.1.6	from API 20A
68367	gelatinase	+		from API 20A
68367	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20A

API 20A

@ref	IND	URE	GLU	MAN	LAC	SAC	MAL	SAL	XYL	ARA	GEL	ESC	GLY	CEL	MNE	MLZ	RAF	SOR	RHA	TRE	CAT	Spores presentSPOR	GramGRAM	Morphology coccus="+" rod="-"COCC
22216	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
22216	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Muridae (Mouse/Rat)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
22216	wild mouse	Freising	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KR364753 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium perfringens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8762
Soil Samples	3063
Animal Samples	75654
Plant Samples	847
Total Samples	88326

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
22216			2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM1602667v1 assembly for Clostridium perfringens FDAARGOS_931	complete	GCA_016026675	1502.1786	1502	96.16
66792	ASM2462284v1 assembly for Clostridium perfringens DSM 29991	contig	GCA_024622845	1502.2768	1502	70.38

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
22216	Clostridium perfringens strain WCA-an-CC-1-3a 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KR364753	1462		1502

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium perfringens DSM 29991
NCBI: GCA_024622845

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	88.20	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	82.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	77.10	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium perfringens strain FDAARGOS_931 strain Not applicable
PATRIC: 1502.1786

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	73.14	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.84	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	76.25	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	94.82	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.22	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	66.21	no

Literature

References

#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 )
#22216	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 29991
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68367	Automatically annotated from API 20A .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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