Clostridium botulinum (CCUG 7971, NCTC 8265)

Name: Clostridium botulinum (CCUG 7971, NCTC 8265)
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BacDive ID 141868

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 7971 NCTC 8265

NCBI tax ID(s) 1491

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Clostridium botulinum CCUG 7971 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote of the family Clostridiaceae.

anaerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 52861

CCUG 7971,NCTC 8265

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:34:03

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium botulinum

Full scientific name Clostridium botulinum (van Ermengem 1896) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

"Bacillus botulinus"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium botulinum** (14)	Type strain
166627	C. botulinum CIP 104310, ATCC 25763 (type strain)
141845	C. botulinum CCUG 7735
141865	C. botulinum CCUG 7968, ATCC 19397, NCTC 7272
141866	C. botulinum CCUG 7969, NCTC 7273
141867	C. botulinum CCUG 7970, NCTC 8264
141869	C. botulinum CCUG 7974, NCTC 8266
142345	C. botulinum CCUG 11910
142708	C. botulinum CCUG 14228
144075	C. botulinum CCUG 22775
146789	C. botulinum CCUG 32121
146790	C. botulinum CCUG 32122
146791	C. botulinum CCUG 32123
149343	C. botulinum CCUG 37546
150472	C. botulinum CCUG 41389

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
45054	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
45054	anaerobe
125439	anaerobe	96.2

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
45054	1926	South Africa	ZAF	Africa

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	CCUG7971_1.0 assembly for Clostridium botulinum D str. CCUG 7971	contig	GCA_000768655	1443116.3	2630968502	1443116	57.1
66792	ASM1759021v1 assembly for Clostridium sp. CCUG 7971	contig	GCA_017590215	2811414.3		2811414	24.42

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Clostridium botulinum type D rrn gene for 16S RNA	X68187	1516		1491

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium sp. CCUG 7971
NCBI: GCA_017590215

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	54.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	70.00	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	77.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	96.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium botulinum D str. CCUG 7971
PATRIC: 1443116.3

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	60.70	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	88.97	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	74.36	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	99.04	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	89.92	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	75.86	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Plasmidome interchange between Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium novyi and Clostridium haemolyticum converts strains of independent lineages into distinctly different pathogens.	Skarin H, Segerman B.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0107777	2014
Biotechnology	Clostridium botulinum spores in Polish honey samples.	Grenda T, Grabczak M, Sieradzki Z, Kwiatek K, Pohorecka K, Skubida M, Bober A.	J Vet Sci	10.4142/jvs.2018.19.5.635	2018
	Prevalence of C. Botulinum and C. Perfringens Spores in Food Products Available on Polish Market.	Grenda T, Grabczak M, Kwiatek K, Bober A.	J Vet Res	10.1515/jvetres-2017-0038	2017
Genetics	Molecular gene profiling of Clostridium botulinum group III and its detection in naturally contaminated samples originating from various European countries.	Woudstra C, Le Marechal C, Souillard R, Bayon-Auboyer MH, Anniballi F, Auricchio B, De Medici D, Bano L, Koene M, Sansonetti MH, Desoutter D, Hansbauer EM, Dorner MB, Dorner BG, Fach P.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03915-14	2015
	Pentaplexed quantitative real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia in food and clinical samples.	Kirchner S, Kramer KM, Schulze M, Pauly D, Jacob D, Gessler F, Nitsche A, Dorner BG, Dorner MB.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02490-09	2010
Enzymology	Sensitive detection of botulinum neurotoxin types C and D with an immunoaffinity chromatographic column test.	Gessler F, Hampe K, Bohnel H.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.12.7897-7903.2005	2005
	Improvement in laboratory diagnosis of wound botulism and tetanus among injecting illicit-drug users by use of real-time PCR assays for neurotoxin gene fragments.	Akbulut D, Grant KA, McLauchlin J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.9.4342-4348.2005	2005
	Detection of the genes encoding botulinum neurotoxin types A to E by the polymerase chain reaction.	Szabo EA, Pemberton JM, Desmarchelier PM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.59.9.3011-3020.1993	1993
	Application of PCR to a clinical and environmental investigation of a case of equine botulism.	Szabo EA, Pemberton JM, Gibson AM, Thomas RJ, Pascoe RR, Desmarchelier PM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.32.8.1986-1991.1994	1994
Enzymology	Specific detection of Clostridium botulinum type B by using the polymerase chain reaction.	Szabo EA, Pemberton JM, Desmarchelier PM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.58.1.418-420.1992	1992
	Cloning of a DNA sequence unique to Clostridium botulinum group I by selective hybridization.	McKinney MW, Levett PN, Haylock RW.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.31.7.1845-1849.1993	1993
Enzymology	Isolation of Clostridium botulinum type G from Swiss soil specimens by using sequential steps in an identification scheme.	Sonnabend WF, Sonnabend UP, Krech T.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.53.8.1880-1884.1987	1987
Phylogeny	Application of PCR for detection of Clostridium botulinum type D in bovine samples.	Chaffer M, Baum M, Grinberg K, Molad T, Elad D	J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health	10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00912.x	2006

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 )
#45054	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 7971
#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) .
#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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Clostridium botulinum (CCUG 7971, NCTC 8265)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000768655

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

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