Name: Clostridium perfringens 169
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 136548

Type strain:

Species: Clostridium perfringens

Strain Designation: 169

Culture col. no.: CIP 106904

Strain history: CIP <- 2001, M.R. Popoff, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 169

NCBI tax ID(s): 1502 (species)

SI-ID 361846

CIP 106904

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Section

Clostridium perfringens 169 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium of the family Clostridiaceae.

Gram-positive
rod-shaped
spore-forming
anaerobe
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Clostridia*
	Order	*Eubacteriales*
	Family	*Clostridiaceae*
	Genus	*Clostridium*
	Species	**Clostridium perfringens**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonym

"Bacillus perfringens"

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #35978]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #35978]	Cell shape	rod-shaped

[Ref.: #35978]	Motility	no

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Hemolysis ability

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 20

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 6

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #35978]			growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

yes

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #35978]	esculin ChEBI	-	hydrolysis
[Ref.: #35978]	nitrate ChEBI	+	reduction
[Ref.: #35978]	nitrate ChEBI	+	respiration
[Ref.: #35978]	nitrite ChEBI	+	reduction

	Antibiotica	Metabolite	Antibiotic sensitivity	Antibiotic resistance
[Ref.: #35978]		metronidazole ChEBI	yes	no

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #35978]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	amylase	+
[Ref.: #35978]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
[Ref.: #35978]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	DNase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	gelatinase	+/-
[Ref.: #35978]	lecithinase	+
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	lipase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #35978]	protease	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #35978]	tween esterase	+
[Ref.: #35978]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #35978]	9902	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #35978]	Sample type/isolated from	Animal, Horse
[Ref.: #35978]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Normandy
[Ref.: #35978]	Country	France
[Ref.: #35978]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #35978]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #35978]	Isolation date	1996

[Ref.: #35978]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Normandy
[Ref.: #35978]	Country	France
[Ref.: #35978]	Country ISO 3 Code	FRA
[Ref.: #35978]	Continent	Europe
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 106904

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SI-ID 361846

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 )

#35978 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106904

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#93682

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID361846.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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