Clostridium cochlearium (CCUG 45978)

Name: Clostridium cochlearium (CCUG 45978)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 152177

Type strain

Culture col. no. CCUG 45978

NCBI tax ID(s) 1494

Special Collections CCUG

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Clostridium cochlearium CCUG 45978 is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Industry,processed cheese.

anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 110552

CCUG 45978

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:06:31

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium cochlearium

Full scientific name Clostridium cochlearium (Douglas et al. 1919) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Clostridium lentoputrescens
"Bacillus cochlearius"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium cochlearium** (8)	Type strain
2572	C. cochlearium 1243, McClung, 1243, McClung, 10041, DSM ... (type strain)
130920	C. cochlearium G7K4R3-PYG-96, DSM 29358
2570	C. cochlearium H25alpha, DSM 666
2571	C. cochlearium Zi7, DSM 667
2573	C. cochlearium 998, DSM 2153, ATCC 17794, NCIMB 10629, JCM ...
2574	C. cochlearium 446, DSM 3588, ATCC 19407, NCTC 2909, CCUG ...
158910	C. cochlearium Med78_4-601-WT-1, DSM 107247
174395	C. cochlearium NLAE-zl-C224, DSM 116330

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
57012	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

57012

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68380	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A
68380	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	degradation	from API rID32A
68380	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API rID32A
68380	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	fermentation	from API rID32A
68380	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	+	energy source	from API rID32A
68380	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32A

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API rID32A

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68380	35581 ChEBI	indole	+	from API rID32A

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68380	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	from API rID32A
68380	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API rID32A
68380	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API rID32A
68380	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32A
68380	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API rID32A
68380	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API rID32A
68380	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API rID32A
68380	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	from API rID32A
68380	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	glycin arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	histidine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	L-arginine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API rID32A
68380	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API rID32A
68380	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	from API rID32A
68380	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32A
68380	serine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	tryptophan deaminase	+	4.1.99.1	from API rID32A
68380	tyrosine arylamidase	-		from API rID32A
68380	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32A

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

57012

Fatty acid	Percentage	ECL
C14:0	21.9	14
C16:0	17	16
C16:1 ω7c	11.6	15.819
C18:2 ω6,9c/C18:0 ANTE	10.4	17.724
C16:1 ω9c	6.3	15.774
C13:0 ISO 2OH	4.9	13.814
C18:1 ω9c	4.5	17.769
unknown 18.177	3.3	18.177
C16:1 ω7c DMA	3.2	16.288
unknown 14.776	3	14.776
C12:0	2.3	12
C17:1 ISO I/C16:0 DMA	2.2	16.481
unknown 13.766	1.9	13.766
C17:0 anteiso	1.7	16.722
C18:0	1.7	18
C16:1 ω9c DMA	1.5	16.242
C13:1 at 12-13	1.4	12.931
Unidentified	1.4	12.78

API rID32A

@ref	URE	ADH (Arg)	alpha GAL	beta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha GLU	beta GLU	alpha ARA	beta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	MNE	RAF	GDC	alpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	IND	PAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	ProA	LGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	PyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
57012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Dairy product
#Engineered	#Industrial	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
57012	Industry,processed cheese	2001-12-01	Göteborg	Sweden	SWE	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Pathogenicity	Influence of long-chain polyphosphate and heat treatment on Clostridium cochlearium and Clostridium sporogenes isolated from processed cheese spread.	Borch E, Lycken L	J Food Prot	10.4315/0362-028x-70.3.744	2007

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 )
#57012	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 45978
#68380	Automatically annotated from API rID32A .
#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 cochlearium (CCUG 45978)

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