Clostridium perfringens CIP 106156 is an anaerobe, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Clostridiaceae.
Gram-positive rod-shaped anaerobe 16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| 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) |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
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| 35908 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | - | degradation | |
| 35908 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | degradation | |
| 35908 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | degradation | |
| 35908 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | - | degradation | |
| 35908 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | hydrolysis | |
| 35908 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | + | degradation | |
| 35908 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | degradation | |
| 35908 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 35908 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | respiration | |
| 35908 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | + | reduction | |
| 35908 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | degradation | |
| 35908 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | degradation |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 35908 | amylase | - | ||
| 35908 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | + | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 35908 | caseinase | + | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 35908 | catalase | - | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 35908 | DNase | + | ||
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | - | from API zym | |
| 35908 | gelatinase | +/- | ||
| 35908 | lecithinase | + | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 35908 | lipase | - | ||
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | + | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 35908 | oxidase | - | ||
| 35908 | protease | - | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | + | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 35908 | tween esterase | + | ||
| 35908 | urease | + | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
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| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
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| 124043 | Clostridium perfringens strain CCUG 44727 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. | DQ196137 | 1417 |  | 1502 | |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enzymology | Characterization of Clostridium Perfringens Isolates Collected from Three Agricultural Biogas Plants over a One-Year Period. | Derongs L, Druilhe C, Ziebal C, Le Marechal C, Pourcher AM. | Int J Environ Res Public Health | 10.3390/ijerph17155450 | 2020 | |
| Genetics | Prevalence and toxin gene profiles of Clostridium perfringens in diarrheic dogs and cats in Korea: a retrospective analysis. | Park J, Cheon D, Oh YI. | J Vet Sci | 10.4142/jvs.24361 | 2025 | |
| Occurrence of Clostridium perfringens in Wild Mammals in the Amazon Biome. | Oliveira HGDS, Sousa AIJ, Zanon IP, Lopes CTA, Silva ROS, Domingues SFS, Salvarani FM. | Animals (Basel) | 10.3390/ani14091333 | 2024 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Extensive genome analysis identifies novel plasmid families in Clostridium perfringens. | Gulliver EL, Adams V, Marcelino VR, Gould J, Rutten EL, Powell DR, Young RB, D'Adamo GL, Hemphill J, Solari SM, Revitt-Mills SA, Munn S, Jirapanjawat T, Greening C, Boer JC, Flanagan KL, Kaldhusdal M, Plebanski M, Gibney KB, Moore RJ, Rood JI, Forster SC. | Microb Genom | 10.1099/mgen.0.000995 | 2023 | |
| Strain-resolved metagenomic analysis and qPCR validation suggest Clostridium cuniculi is the etiologic agent for infectious diarrhea in severely immunodeficient mice. | Barouch-Bentov R, Merrill BD, Reineking W, Moorhead R, Herberg de Alonso F, Fazel M, Uzal FA, Felt SA, Sonnenburg JL, Casey KM, Nagamine CM. | J Vet Diagn Invest | 10.1177/10406387251378688 | 2025 | | |
| Improved molecular detection of Neorickettsia risticii with a duplex real-time PCR assay in the diagnosis of Potomac horse fever. | Thirumalapura NR, Livengood J, Beeby J, Wang W, Goodrich EL, Goodman LB, Erol E, Tewari D. | J Vet Diagn Invest | 10.1177/10406387221135184 | 2023 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Toxigenic Profile of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated from Natural Ingredient Laboratory Animal Diets. | Johnston MD, Whiteside TE, Allen ME, Kurtz DM. | Comp Med | 10.30802/aalas-cm-22-000013 | 2022 | |
| Enzymology | Sensitive quantification of Clostridium perfringens in human feces by quantitative real-time PCR targeting alpha-toxin and enterotoxin genes. | Nagpal R, Ogata K, Tsuji H, Matsuda K, Takahashi T, Nomoto K, Suzuki Y, Kawashima K, Nagata S, Yamashiro Y. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/s12866-015-0561-y | 2015 | |
| Pathogenicity | Oral Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Inhibit the In vitro Growth of Epsilon Toxin Producing Gut Bacterium, Clostridium perfringens. | Rumah KR, Vartanian TK, Fischetti VA. | Front Cell Infect Microbiol | 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00011 | 2017 | |
| Metabolism | Alpha-toxin of Clostridium perfringens is not an essential virulence factor in necrotic enteritis in chickens. | Keyburn AL, Sheedy SA, Ford ME, Williamson MM, Awad MM, Rood JI, Moore RJ. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.00806-06 | 2006 | |
| Enzymology | Lytic enzyme discovery through multigenomic sequence analysis in Clostridium perfringens. | Schmitz JE, Ossiprandi MC, Rumah KR, Fischetti VA. | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.1007/s00253-010-2982-8 | 2011 | |
| Metabolism | Application of the 5'-nuclease PCR assay in evaluation and development of methods for quantitative detection of Campylobacter jejuni. | Nogva HK, Bergh A, Holck A, Rudi K. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.66.9.4029-4036.2000 | 2000 | |
| Phylogeny | Electrophoretic study of Clostridium species. | Cato EP, Hash DE, Holdeman LV, Moore WE. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.15.4.688-702.1982 | 1982 | |
| Identification of a new Clostridium perfringens variant with a chromosomally encoded enterotoxin gene in a suspected persistent food poisoning outbreak in Eritrea. | Lahti P, Jaakkola K, Horman A, Heikinheimo A, Sovijarvi A, Korkeala H. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1459840 | 2024 | | |
| Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of C. perfringens Isolates from Dairy Cows with a Pathological Puerperium. | Kronfeld H, Kemper N, Holzel CS. | Vet Sci | 10.3390/vetsci9040173 | 2022 | | |
| Phylogeny | Diversity of Clostridium perfringens toxin-genotypes from dairy farms. | Fohler S, Klein G, Hoedemaker M, Scheu T, Seyboldt C, Campe A, Jensen KC, Abdulmawjood A. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/s12866-016-0812-6 | 2016 | |
| Phylogeny | Genetic diversity of Clostridium perfringens type A isolates from animals, food poisoning outbreaks and sludge. | Johansson A, Aspan A, Bagge E, Baverud V, Engstrom BE, Johansson KE. | BMC Microbiol | 10.1186/1471-2180-6-47 | 2006 | |
| Phylogeny | Identification of Clostridium species and DNA fingerprinting of Clostridium perfringens by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. | Keto-Timonen R, Heikinheimo A, Eerola E, Korkeala H. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.01275-06 | 2006 | |
| Humans as reservoir for enterotoxin gene--carrying Clostridium perfringens type A. | Heikinheimo A, Lindstrom M, Granum PE, Korkeala H. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid1211.060478 | 2006 | | |
| Phylogeny | Identification of clinically important anaerobic bacteria by an oligonucleotide array. | Lin YT, Vaneechoutte M, Huang AH, Teng LJ, Chen HM, Su SL, Chang TC. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.01620-09 | 2010 | |
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