Clostridium sporogenes (CIP 79.39, 51)

Name: Clostridium sporogenes (CIP 79.39, 51)
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BacDive ID 138778

Type strain

Strain Designation 51

Culture col. no. CIP 79.39 51

NCBI tax ID(s) 1509

Special Collections CIP

History 1979, M. Sebald, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 51 CIP <- 1979, M. Sebald, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain 51

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Clostridium sporogenes 51 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 7905

LMG 14743,CIP 79.39,CECT 4990,CCM 7936

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:33:11

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** (26)	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
100269	C. sporogenes ST033277(HKI),
134401	C. sporogenes AU297, CIP 108177
136740	C. sporogenes GO 1, CIP 60.53
137136	C. sporogenes AU298, CIP 108178
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
40550	positive	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

40550

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
40550	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)
40550	CIP Medium 20			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
40550	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

40550

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Spore formation

40550

Spore formationyes

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
40550	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
40550	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
40550	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
40550	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
40550	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
40550	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
40550	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
40550	caseinase	+	3.4.21.50
40550	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
40550	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
40550	gelatinase	+
40550	lecithinase	+
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
40550	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
40550	oxidase	-
40550	protease	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
40550	tween esterase	-
40550	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
40550	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
40550		Charleville	France	FRA	Europe
40550	Rectal outflow	Charleville	France	FRA	Europe	1978

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
40550	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Influence of Acid Adaptation on the Probability of Germination of Clostridium sporogenes Spores Against pH, NaCl and Time.	Valero A, Olague E, Medina-Pradas E, Garrido-Fernandez A, Romero-Gil V, Cantalejo MJ, Garcia-Gimeno RM, Perez-Rodriguez F, Posada-Izquierdo GD, Arroyo-Lopez FN.	Foods	10.3390/foods9020127	2020

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 )
#40550	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 79.39
#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 79.39, 51)

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

Literature

References

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