Clostridium perfringens (DSM 106278, WCA-h-251-APC-2)

Name: Clostridium perfringens (DSM 106278, WCA-h-251-APC-2)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 158915

Type strain

Strain Designation WCA-h-251-APC-2

Culture col. no. DSM 106278 WCA-h-251-APC-2

NCBI tax ID(s) 1502

Special Collections DSMZ Pig DZIF

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Clostridium perfringens WCA-h-251-APC-2 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from feces; pig, 10 month old, genotype: APC1311/+ referring to the adenomatous-polyposis-coli protein.

mesophilic human pathogen genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 402690

DSM 106278

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:08

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Clostridia

Order Eubacteriales

Family Clostridiaceae

Genus Clostridium

Species Clostridium perfringens

Full scientific name Clostridium perfringens (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

"Bacillus perfringens"
"Clostridioides perfringens"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Clostridium perfringens** (104)	Type strain
2631	C. perfringens S107, DSM 756, ATCC 13124, ATCC 19408, NCIB ... (type strain)
130925	C. perfringens D10, DSM 100947, NCTC 13170, WDCM 00201, ...
130924	C. perfringens MJJ0609-4-1, DSM 29991
2630	C. perfringens SM19b, DSM 628
2632	C. perfringens McClung 1988, BP6K, CCUG 35750, CIP 104612, ...
2633	C. perfringens DSM 2943, ATCC 25768, NCIB 10620
2634	C. perfringens C5, DSM 11778
2635	C. perfringens C8, DSM 11779
2636	C. perfringens C12, DSM 11780
2637	C. perfringens C33, DSM 11781
2638	C. perfringens C36, DSM 11782
2639	C. perfringens C42, DSM 11783
2640	C. perfringens 8239, C103, DSM 11784
2641	C. perfringens C186, DSM 11785
2642	C. perfringens C192, DSM 11786
2643	C. perfringens ES-MS 22, DSM 30770
2644	C. perfringens DSM 25589, VPI No.5
134383	C. perfringens 252, CIP 60.61
134433	C. perfringens 319.2000, CIP 106951
134565	C. perfringens CWC245, CIP 106464
134571	C. perfringens 3702/49, CIP 106516, ATCC 12915, NCTC 8359
134582	C. perfringens 132, CIP 106640
134596	C. perfringens 2882000, CIP 106939
134597	C. perfringens 4552000, CIP 106940
134598	C. perfringens 3232000, CIP 106942
134599	C. perfringens 3462000, CIP 106943
134627	C. perfringens 77.2000, CIP 106526
135320	C. perfringens CIP 60.19
135625	C. perfringens 2622 A, CIP 61.5
135929	C. perfringens 167/51, CIP 106515, ATCC 12919, NCTC 8678, ...
135938	C. perfringens 150, CIP 106894
135939	C. perfringens 3172000, CIP 106941
136396	C. perfringens CIP 105178
136465	C. perfringens CIP 105956, AIP 667-76
136487	C. perfringens CIP 106156, ATCC 27324, NCIMB 10748, CCUG ...
136536	C. perfringens 72.2000, CIP 106525
136541	C. perfringens C2823, CIP 106633
136547	C. perfringens 48899, CIP 106677
136548	C. perfringens 169, CIP 106904
136555	C. perfringens 3222000, CIP 106937
136563	C. perfringens 170, CIP 106903
136568	C. perfringens 3162000, CIP 106936
136569	C. perfringens 4692000, CIP 106944
136570	C. perfringens 72.2000, CIP 106946
137054	C. perfringens 117, CIP 106902
137142	C. perfringens CIP 60.60
137328	C. perfringens 2001036, CIP 106952
137329	C. perfringens 2001038, CIP 106953
138119	C. perfringens CIP 104880, ATCC 12917, NCTC 8239, CCUG 18370
138359	C. perfringens CWC238, CIP 106527
138373	C. perfringens 100, CIP 106888
138374	C. perfringens 101, CIP 106889
138375	C. perfringens 108, CIP 106890
138376	C. perfringens 124, CIP 106891
138377	C. perfringens 138, CIP 106892
138378	C. perfringens 146, CIP 106893
138384	C. perfringens 106, CIP 106901
138473	C. perfringens CIP 105568
138597	C. perfringens 4702000, CIP 106938
139291	C. perfringens CIP 106157, NCTC 8798, AIP 10201
139525	C. perfringens 281/50, CIP 110283, CCM 7176, ATCC 12916, ...
141458	C. perfringens CCUG 2035, NCTC 3110
141459	C. perfringens CCUG 2036, NCTC 3180, CECT 820
141460	C. perfringens CCUG 2037, NCTC 8346, CECT 821
141461	C. perfringens CCUG 2038, CECT 4110, ATCC 9856, NCTC 6719
141763	C. perfringens CCUG 6513, NCTC 11144
143263	C. perfringens CCUG 18108
144106	C. perfringens CCUG 23083
146487	C. perfringens CCUG 31304
147279	C. perfringens CCUG 33277
147489	C. perfringens CCUG 33691
147722	C. perfringens CCUG 34085
147747	C. perfringens CCUG 34138
147970	C. perfringens CCUG 34598
147979	C. perfringens CCUG 34613
148253	C. perfringens CCUG 35110
148543	C. perfringens CCUG 35619
148944	C. perfringens CCUG 36620
148995	C. perfringens CCUG 36694
149024	C. perfringens CCUG 36741
149315	C. perfringens CCUG 37480
149354	C. perfringens CCUG 37568
149572	C. perfringens CCUG 37991
150006	C. perfringens CCUG 38829
150123	C. perfringens CCUG 39042
150183	C. perfringens CCUG 39212
150282	C. perfringens CCUG 39490
150576	C. perfringens CCUG 41642
150859	C. perfringens CCUG 42581 A
150860	C. perfringens CCUG 42581 B
150893	C. perfringens CCUG 42642
150905	C. perfringens CCUG 42684
151036	C. perfringens CCUG 43122
151270	C. perfringens CCUG 43593
152132	C. perfringens CCUG 45870
152872	C. perfringens CCUG 47829
152887	C. perfringens CCUG 47895
154898	C. perfringens CCUG 55613
155386	C. perfringens CCUG 57575
156004	C. perfringens CCUG 59984
164822	C. perfringens JCM 3816, ATCC 3624, BCRC 13019
164823	C. perfringens JCM 3817, ATCC 3626, BCRC 10647, LMG 10468, ...
164824	C. perfringens JCM 3818, ATCC 3628, NCIMB 10662
164825	C. perfringens JCM 3819, ATCC 3629, BCRC 10914, NCIMB 10663

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
65737	WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: WILKINS-CHALGREN ANAEROBE BROTH (DSMZ Medium 339) Composition: dehydrated Wilkins-Chalgren medium 33.0 g/l L-Cysteine HCl 0.3 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.0005 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
65737	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	anaerobe	99.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Feces (Stool)
#Host	#Mammals	#Suidae (Pig,Swine)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
65737	feces; pig, 10 month old, genotype: APC1311/+ referring to the adenomatous-polyposis-coli (APC) protein	Kranzberg (Bavaria)	Germany	DEU	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence MN537509 (>99% sequence identity) for Clostridium perfringens subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	8762
Soil Samples	3063
Animal Samples	75654
Plant Samples	847
Total Samples	88326

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
65737			2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1284397v1 assembly for Clostridium perfringens WCA-h-251-APC-2	contig	GCA_012843975	1502.1512	1502	52.38

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
65737	Clostridium perfringens strain DSM 106278 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	MN537509	1475		1502

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Clostridium perfringens WCA-h-251-APC-2
NCBI: GCA_012843975

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	84.10	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	78.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	77.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Clostridium perfringens WCA-h-251-APC-2
NCBI: GCA_012843975.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	75.43	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	87.84	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	96.63	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	74.08	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.01	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	64.04	no

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 )
#65737	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 106278
#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) .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#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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