Clostridium sporogenes (CIP 108178, AU298)

Name: Clostridium sporogenes (CIP 108178, AU298)
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BacDive ID 137136

Type strain

Strain Designation AU298

Culture col. no. CIP 108178 AU298

NCBI tax ID(s) 1509

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 2003, M.R. Popoff, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain AU298 <- A.R. Prévot

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Clostridium sporogenes AU298 is an anaerobe, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium of the family Clostridiaceae.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 395488

CIP 108178

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:38:57

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium sporogenes

Full scientific name Clostridium sporogenes (Metchnikoff 1908) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacillus sporogenes"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium sporogenes** (25)	Type strain
2710	C. sporogenes McClung 2004, 388, DSM 795, ATCC 3584, IFO ... (type strain)
130932	C. sporogenes 2PG-426-CC-2, DSM 29422
2707	C. sporogenes W28delta, DSM 633
2708	C. sporogenes H6j, DSM 634
2709	C. sporogenes McClung 2003, 3679, Cameron's putrefactive ...
2711	C. sporogenes McClung 2006, 2006, DSM 1446, ATCC 11437, ...
2712	C. sporogenes SR 5, SR5, DSM 1664, ATCC 19404, CIP 79.3, ...
2714	C. sporogenes DSM 46278, IMET 10860, SG 272
2715	C. sporogenes 15Rga, DSM 46279, IMET 10863
134401	C. sporogenes AU297, CIP 108177
136740	C. sporogenes GO 1, CIP 60.53
138778	C. sporogenes 51, CIP 79.39
141391	C. sporogenes CCUG 1388
142431	C. sporogenes CCUG 12462
151851	C. sporogenes CCUG 45049
152722	C. sporogenes CCUG 47475
152930	C. sporogenes CCUG 48045
153019	C. sporogenes CCUG 48328
154094	C. sporogenes CCUG 52331
156952	C. sporogenes CCUG 67315
165625	C. sporogenes JCM 7831, ATCC 6015, IAM 19003, NCTC 6084
165628	C. sporogenes JCM 7835, IAM 19004
165629	C. sporogenes JCM 7836, IAM 19016
165634	C. sporogenes JCM 7841, IAM 19005
165635	C. sporogenes JCM 7849, IAM 19234

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
36994	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

36994

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
36994	MEDIUM 20 - for Anaerobic bacteria		Agar (15.000 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (20.000 g);Tryptone (30.000 g);Cysteine hydrochloride (0.500 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml);Hemin solution -M00149 (25.000 ml)
36994	CIP Medium 20			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
36994	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

36994

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Spore formation

36994

Spore formationyes

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
36994	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	degradation
36994	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	degradation
36994	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	degradation
36994	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	degradation
36994	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	degradation
36994	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
36994	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	degradation
36994	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	degradation
36994	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
36994	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
36994	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction
36994	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	degradation
36994	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	degradation

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
36994	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@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
36994	amylase	-
36994	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
36994	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
36994	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
36994	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
36994	gelatinase	+
36994	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
36994	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
36994	oxidase	-
36994	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
36994	tween esterase	-
36994	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
36994	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
36994	Lausanne	Switzerland	CHE	Europe
36994	Lausanne	Switzerland	CHE	Europe	1947

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36994	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

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 )
#36994	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108178
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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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Clostridium sporogenes (CIP 108178, AU298)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

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